Three days after I arrived on Maui in 1998, I attended the Maui Writers Conference, and I’ve attended every one since. As a veteran, I can tell you that the fun is in the fury of the interchange between wildly successful writers and their wannabe counterparts, of which, of course, I am one. Of the latter. No matter which authors speak at the conference, I make a point of … [Read more...] about Stating the Obvious
Truth and False Confessions
Paul Wood, no matter what the title of his excellent book says, tells the truth. He tells the truth as it appears to waking human eyes and to the mind’s eye that discerns the difference between what is and what ain’t. His childlike innocence and honesty are disarming and delightful, and he has one wicked sense of humor, “wicked” in the sense we meant when we were kids. And … [Read more...] about Truth and False Confessions
Rule #102
Here’s a book so inspirational that now I begin my day by reading a rule or two. Most books about how to write I read for fun. I jeer or snarl or guffaw at their advice. Too many of these inflated authors declaim to a gaggle of new writers eagerly clasping their first sharpened pencils or plead their cases before grim, black-robed judges whose approval means life or death. … [Read more...] about Rule #102