Susan Bell’s “The artful edit”

Susan Bell’s The artful edit should be required reading for anyone who writes and/or calls themselves an editor. First, it is a how-to of the mind, not of the pen (or keyboard). You won’t find rules on punctuation or grammar (or if they’re in there, I didn’t notice). What you will find is page after … Continue reading “Susan Bell’s “The artful edit””

Shaman Story Chapter X – The Childhood Door

[I mentioned in Shaman Story Chapter 5 – Lessons that chapter numbering would get wonky as Shaman Story is a work in progress.At this point, I’m adding chapters to the beginning to foreshadow events happening in later chapters, this one being a case in point.I’ve learned to live with such things. Hope you do, too.] … Continue reading “Shaman Story Chapter X – The Childhood Door”

Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Jan 2020’s Great Opening Lines)

Could Truman Capote sexually identify as an attack helicopter?