New Word: Twitternatural
Last night, in my sleep, I coined the new word of “Twitternatural.” Being that it was a dream, I do not know if this meant “It’s natural” or “Preternatural.” Weird, since I am not a Twitterer (Twitterite?)…but funny.
Wright’s Writing Corner: Guest Blogger Jordan McCollum on Suspence!
Hey folks! Welcome fellow writer Jordan McCollum and her wonderful insights about that wonderful tool of the suspence writer, The MacGuffin: The presence of suspense is . . . a feat and shows promise, since it indicates that the writer is writing more for the reader than for himself. (Noah Lukeman, The Plot Thickens, p.…
Dating the Monsters — Smart Pop Essay Tagged
click here to see more about the book on the Benbella website Recently the editors for Benbella’s Smart Pop line of essays about cultural pop topics published their pick of favorite essays. Editor Leah Wilson picked my essay as one of her top three. This was for my essay: Dating the Monsters in the book Ardeur,…
Guest BLogger: Benjamin Tate
Hey folks, a guest blog from fellow writer Benjamin Tate, whose new book is about to hit the shelves. In it he discusses, among other things, one of my favorite Writing Tips: how all stories need two ideas before they come alive. click on the picture to see the book at Banres & Nobles.com Thanks for having…
Overheard at the Wright Household
Our friend Evil Dave is visiting. (He’s not really evil. Actually, he’s very nice. But that’s what people call him.) From time to time, he jokingly runs a roleplaying game called "the Rolling Down a Hill Game" where one’s character rolls down a hill. That’s all that ever happens in this particular game. Some years…
Wright’s Writing Corner: Open Active
This purely decorative picture demonstrates the opposite of an active opening. Next in our series of posts expanding on my Writing Tips list, we have: Open active: Start scene changes underway and then explain how you got there…unless change significant. First: what do I mean by openings? In this case, I mean…
Scout Camping Trip A Success!
Orville returned from his first overnight camping trip with the Boy Scouts. He was gone Friday and Saturday and it was a great successs. Not as much rain as feared. I suffered a mother’s quandry in regard to this trip. My boys sleep with "friends" on their bed, favorite stuffed animals. When packing, I kept wrestling…
Overheard at the Wright Household
Last night, we were reading Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran The Circus. We had just reached the part where the knights ‘noble apes without fear’ and the following conversation ensued: Juss: "The things in this book are impossible. Whoever heard of boxing glove spears." Mommy: "Er…actually, that’s the only thing in this book tha is possible." Juss: "Oh."…
Medieval Times
Yesterday, I went on a field trip with Orville. It was to be something Medieval. I thought it was going to be a Renaissance Faire type thing. So, you can imagine my surprise when we arrived at a mall….a mall. Driving around the mall in the school bus, we came to a castle. (Don’t believe me,…
Wright’s Writing Corner: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Years
Instead of an essay, this week, we have a photo: How cool is that? This is a picture from the Manassas, Virginia Barnes and Nobles Science Fiction/Fantasy. Look closelky at the books across the top shelf. All these books are the output of two authors. ;-)