Tag: Fiction
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Book Review: The Accident makes mistake of being too wordy
I like short, snappy sentences and paragraphs. And lots of white space. Stories read faster. Your eye swiftly races through the action, reading from left to right, from top to bottom, the pages turning. James Patterson novels are a perfect example. Most of his books feature paragraphs of two or…
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When the pieces fall into place…
I’m getting a late start today (I slept late). But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Last night was a wildly productive night. I used up one ballpoint pen and another is nearly spent of all its ink. I have page after page of hastily scrawled notes relating to my…
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Twisted questions can peel back deepest layer of characters
The Daily Post here on WordPress posted this writing prompt today: A Pulitzer-winning reporter is writing an in-depth piece – about you. What are the three questions you really hope she doesn’t ask you? Whenever I’ve gone on a job interview, the typical “where do you want to be five years from now”…
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Library holds adventures waiting to be discovered
I’m addicted to the written word. Always have been. But oddly enough, I haven’t checked out a book from my local library in at least a couple of decades. I don’t have to, you see. I’m very fortunate to have collected a lifetime of books to read (actually more than…
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Today’s adventure in writing begins …
I thought I might chronicle my day today to see just how I spend my time. I’m hoping to finish editing a short story today so that I can submit it to L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. So, here goes: Monday, March 31: 9:50 a.m. Woke up…
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Short story gives new respect for country’s veterans
I got something accomplished today, and I’m kind of proud of it. I submitted a new short story I wrote, “Deadwood Soldier,” to the first-ever Nashville Reads Short Story Contest. It’s a short 1,200 words about a nontraditional family consisting of a young girl, her aunt and uncle, and her…
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Twitter Fiction Fest: ‘Sound Off’ begins Wednesday
What happens when everyone in the world loses their hearing all at once? When no sound can be heard? How will people communicate? And who, or what, is behind the noise blackout? Those are the questions presented to my characters in my story “Sound Off,” which makes its debut this…
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An important tool of the writing trade…
I spend a lot of time sitting on my ass. It’s true. I’m a writer. It’s important to have the right surroundings when writing, and that includes what you are sitting on. My new chair from Staples is just the thing for hours of creativity at the computer. I…
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Wild thoughts in the dead of night
Sometimes, thoughts just come to me. Doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m supposed to be doing. So, I keep notepads all over the house. There’s one by my easy chair in front of the TV. There’s one in my truck. I even have a waterproof notepad secured to…
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Writer’s block? Just pull out the old plague script
If there’s one sure thing you can count on with a new television series, it is a plague episode. Admit it. You’ve seen this storyline over and over again, especially in genre-type TV shows. A mysterious super virus runs rampant, bringing down most of the main stars and threatening to…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 