Tag Archives: writing

I rarely enter writing contests — in fact, the only one I recall entering was the Buffalo News‘s once-annual short story contest, which they held three or four years in a row. Why not? Because if and when I get … Continue reading →

Here’s a fun little tool that analyzes a piece of your writing and tells you what famous writer you write like. I did it twice, and here are my results: I write likeStephen King I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac … Continue reading →

I haven’t talked about writing in a while, so here’s a brief note about it. My main energy lately has been going to the space opera project I’ve had in my head for seven or eight years now; it’s an … Continue reading →

Steph hit me with this, and it’s pretty interesting, so: 1. What’s the last thing you wrote? What’s the first thing you wrote that you still have? The last thing I finished? One of the two short stories I wrote … Continue reading →

I’m in the Buffalo News today, here. It’s a rumination on my mother-in-law’s recent passing. As usual, I make my leaping-off point an item from a movie, in this case, Steven Spielberg’s slavery film Amistad. Here’s the John Quincy Adams … Continue reading →