Musings Category
RWA Traditional Author Weekend—A Newbie Reflects
Posted on April 22, 2024 Leave a Comment
On April 6th and 7th, I attended my first literary conference. As an RWA general member, I felt compelled to start participating in events other than the monthly “Power Up” sessions. The conference was instructive, energizing, but mostly daunting. Back in a previous life, I went to college to become a businessperson. I had zero […]
Here Comes the Pitch…
Posted on January 14, 2024 Leave a Comment
As the story goes, my sophomore history teacher, Mr. Chamberlin, singled out my mother and father on parent’s night to announce that I was, “an exceptional writer,” and “should be encouraged to write more.” This was news to them. This was breaking news to me. Up to that point in my life, I’d only considered […]
Hey Dave!
Posted on March 26, 2023 Leave a Comment
If you’ve ever ridden the roller coaster of nostalgia that is channeling your past in current endeavors, you know how quickly it can become disorienting. At first, it seems like a fun thing to try. And so you strap yourself into a non-threatening and colorful car that will take you along the ups and downs […]
Article: The 39 best books of the year so far 2022
Posted on October 13, 2022 Leave a Comment
Summary… From the terrifying new Stephen King horror to a millennial anti-romcom set in New York, here are BBC Culture’s books to read. h/t BBC Blather… And to think, I never got through BBC Culture’s 2021 books to read…
I’m an Author
Posted on January 9, 2021 Leave a Comment
I’m an author On a 104-key QWERTY keyboard I scribe I’m writing Gratis or for bribe
The Dance
Posted on July 13, 2020 1 Comment
It’s weird. It’s surprising. It’s nearly paradoxical. But there is a whole heap of fear and loathing among writers about the act of writing. As creative writing instructor Larry Donner says in the epic Throw Mama From the Train, Remember, a writer writes, always. This seems so evident as to be absurd, and yet it […]
[In Order] To Explain It All…
Posted on December 30, 2016 Leave a Comment
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
Blake Charles Donley 