An exploration, or test of writing styles. Select which style you prefer. If you can explain the pros and cons of each style, that would be great!
Read MoreThe Writing Experience
As I worked on my books, I learned a few things along the way. Here are some posts about that experience.
Uncommon Pie Reviews
The header says “Uncommon Pie Reviews”. Now, you might be wondering what this is going to be. A collection of reviews? A review of the reviews? A review of that book called “Uncommon Pie”, or more correctly “Uncommon Pie & Other Stories”, subtitled “The SloWord Collection Vol 1.” I decided...
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A Date For You
A Date - for you Not the edible kind. A real date, an actual date. You want to bookmark this date. It's an important date. But first, let me tell you about the time I lived in Delhi, India. A newly-minted child, I recall that All India Radio (or AIR) would...
Read MoreFruitful Work
Fruitful Work And so it came about that I, bored from lack of paying work, tired from a year of travelling, walking uphill, downhill, along streams, lakes, tiled streets, cobblestoned avenues, gazing where the daffodils were, probably, blowing in the spring, in places as diverse as The Eastern Townships, The...
Read MoreShopping for gas
After yesterday’s chaos at the dealership over the service appointment for the car (I’ll tell you about it some other time…), I had yet another episode of the Shopping Blues. So the minivan, Rusty, was severely short of gasoline. So much so, that the yellow “Reserve” light shone steadily and...
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The Divorce Announcement
The Divorce Announcement It was a very difficult and arduous decision. However, the divorce became necessary. Irreconcilable differences, you know. Months of agony, indecision and recriminations later, here we are. Documents drawn up. Folders created. Yes. There is sadness, yet, there is joy to be had for the future looks...
Read MoreHow To Write a Recipe
Introduction Over the years I’ve written a few How To articles and also some recipes, but I’ve never written a How To Write a Recipe. Despite the COVID-19 crises, or maybe because of it, demand for such an article has followed the usual demand levels that we see here at...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo 2019
I won the challenge set by NaNoWriMo 2019. Here is my certificate. You’re probably wondering what I’m talking about, right? Right –> That way. Yep. For the second year in a row, I have managed, somehow, to meet the personal challenge of writing at least 50,000 words in the month...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo – Day 7
Day 7 has come and I’m done my stint for the day. Not as much as I would have liked. But this fictional stuff is hard. It’s not like the stream of unconsciousness crap I usually churn out on this blog. That comes from a unlatched brain. I can usually...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo – Day 1
Well, we’re off! #NaNoWriMo2019 #Imwriting Here is today’s progress report. Heavy going! I took the 200 odd words I had laying around from a story I tentatively titled “Hey! I’m dying here!” and worked it up to the end of Act I. I see all stories as Acts of a play. In...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo – 0
Well, November is almost here. This means that NaNoWriMo is almost here. November is the month designated National Novel Writing Month. A purely voluntary challenge to onseself. Write down 50,000 words, at least, in the 30 days of the month. There is an online community to act as cheerleaders, mentors...
Read MoreMy interview
The good folks at Pens, Paws and Claws decided they should run an interview. They scouted around for a suitable candidate and, lo and behold, they found me! Thus, hence, ergo, therefore and so, my answers to the questions they posed now appear on the blog – Pens, Paws and...
Read MoreOne Year Ago
In the November of 2014, I wrote a short story. It was very raw, very abrupt and it didn’t really work. But it did have one central theme that seemed to have lots of potential. I showed it to Anjana Dutt and we went back and forth over it for several weeks....
Read MoreThe SloWord Interview
Well, it’s new. This blog has moved here to its permanent residence, after nearly ten years of living under a temporary shelter. Vee hopes you are loving ze purple tinge!! To celebrate and implement this change we took SloWord aside and gave him ( them? ) the fifth degree. Yes,...
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