Despite the fact that my mother taught me how to type when I was quite young, to this day I still compose fiction stories by hand, preferably with a soft lead pencil or fountain pen. These instruments glide across numerous pages without causing hand cramps. At write ins, I’ve watched fellow writers typing away on…
What frustrates you in your day-to-day life? What can turn you from your easy-go-lucky, happy self into a venom-spitting viper in 3 nanoseconds or less? Is it bad drivers? When the barista screws up your coffee order? Having to spend an hour on the phone jumping through impenetrable phone-tree options to straighten out a mistake…
It’s Nov. 5, 2024. How can I not write about choices? In this case, stark choices. And I’m not going to take a political position here on the RMFW blog except to say that today’s vote, in my mind, is a case of decency versus indecency. Enough said. And, as we all know, today’s vote…
Monsters are cool. They come from nightmares, so they have power over us that we don’t understand, and as transgressors who get away with whatever, they hold our attention. They’re cool. They’re often the subject of scary stories. Not always, though. They’re useful in a lot of sorts of stories. Monster Theory came out of…
Every year about this time, Fred, my muse and history buff, and I meet. This year, I located him hanging in the closet. He assured me that many people have skeletons there. “Have I ever told you about my years in Cripple Creek?” Chewing on a piece of Halloween candy, I shook my head. “In…