In his seminal work of literary criticism, The Anxiety of Influence, Harold Bloom argues that great poets must somehow overcome literary attachment to their progenitors before their own creativity can thrive.
No doubt he will say I am butchering his theory, which is not easily read more
My original working title for Cadaver Blues was Mr. Gloom and Pollyanna Fight to the Death. If you’ve read the book, you can guess who Mr. Gloom and Pollyanna are.
In naming the female character, I was searching for a name that was breezy. The read more
Lately it seems like there’s been a lot of attention in the media about the virtues of failure. The trope quite simply goes something like this: You learn more from failure (about yourself, about whatever it is you failed at, about life itself) than you read more
Know What You Write
Anyone who has been around storytelling or aspired to tell stories has heard that old saw: Write what you know. This advice usually gets interpreted as: Write from your own experience.
I’m calling humbug on that.
For years I have been repeating an obscure but read more