Category: Blog
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A near miss, a spec script, and a screenplay in a month
Hello and welcome to my website. I’m relaunching these weekly posts highlighting my writing life. It’s a way to hold myself accountable on my writing goals and a way to commiserate with like-minded creative souls (as well as a few old friends!). These columns will include a little of everything.…
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Ranting and Raving: Journalism may not be fake, but it’s lazy
Fake news? Nah, more like lazy news. Journalism today isn’t what it used to be. Part of that has to be because of the overly cautious news sources who routinely withhold information out of so-called privacy concerns. But, back in the day, journalists had ways to work around such roadblocks.…
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American Hero: Remembering John Lewis
Note: With the loss of civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis on Friday, I thought it would be appropriate to honor with him with an article I wrote for BookPage in 2016. By G. Robert Frazier It is appropriate as we enter Thanksgiving week to express our gratitude to the…
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Stories drive MidTN Sisters in Crime president Robert Mangeot
By G. Robert Frazier “Damn good writing is damn good writing no matter who wrote it, and the attention and paycheck it earns should be gender-blind,” says author Robert Mangeot, the male president of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Like other male members of the group –…
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My writing life: 16 highlights from 2016
by G. Robert Frazier So, we’re two days into 2017 and I’ve had some time to reflect on 16 highlights from the past year. But don’t worry, I’m not counting anything politics related. I co-wrote a short script, “Blind Sighted,” with fellow Tennessee screenwriter Dustin Alexander III, which he later…
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Imagination has no boundaries on National Science Fiction Day
Today is National Science Fiction Day, created to honor the great Isaac Asimov on his birthday. Asimov created some of the most thought-provoking fiction with such classics as the iRobot and Foundation series. The best science fiction tales can make you wonder about your place in the universe.
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Chabon: Embarrass yourself by asking parents, grandparents their stories
When you’re sitting around the Christmas tree with family this year, especially if you are lucky enough to still be in the presence of your grandparents or parents, you might want to take the opportunity to get to know more about them. And no, not just their political take on…
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Bloody or Creepy: Imaginarium panel debates when to write the gross-out
One of the panels at the 2016 Imaginarium Convention in Louisville, Ky., earlier this month featured a fascinating discussion on the use of gore in fiction. Given all the attention the season seven premiere of The Walking Dead has received, and the fact that it is Halloween, I thought I’d…
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Getting a head start on NaNoWriMo
I’m starting National Novel Writing Month a day early. Unlike the official NaNoWriMo goal of 50,000 words in 30 days at 1,666 words per day, I’m targeting 100,000 words at 2,500 per day over 21 days.
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There’s no fantasy in The Dead of Winter
by Jean Rabe If you search for my titles on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, you’ll discover I’ve written roughly three dozen fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction novels. I’ve been in the game a while, and it felt like now was a good time to acquire a new writing…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 