I need your help. Covid has altered life for all of us. The most hard hit have been the small businesses across our nation. Over 100k small businesses have closed their doors for good as we all hunker down and hope that someday life will return. People forget that authors fall into the same category …
That’s the mantra for this segment of the N – A – D – D. And the focus here . . . “Description.” Of the 4 Tools in the writer’s Toolbox this one’s the most used, the least understood, and the easiest to resort to for writers with little know-how of Narrative, Action, …
Two months from today Trinity will hit the shelves. If you haven't had a chance, I would recommend checking out Genesis before that happens. The books are fairly stand-alone, but the first book gives some backstory on the main characters. My goal is to write a separate adventure with each new book that doesn't completely …
The 1966 Batman tv show featured words like these flashed on the screen to accentuate the hard-hitting action-packed images flashing across the screen. Batman & Robin pirouetted through fights, car chases, epic battles versus evil that served well the 30-minute narrative. Stories require episodes, events, and scenes, but storytelling required movement, speed, characters …
. . . Daddy!” “Read me a bedtime story, Mommy!” “Please? . . . ” We’ve all been there. Some of us, in both places, as listener – and reader. As a child. As the parent. And the art of “storytelling’s” as olde as bipeds have trod the earth. From before …
A yelp jolted Atom back from that darkness. Unlike the previous surfacing, Atom rose from unconsciousness to immediate and full alertness. He surveyed his surroundings with a practiced eye, tested his restraints, and formulated possibilities. The armored woman still stood beside the hatch, but she had donned her helmet. Atom recognized her height …
So what is it that these 3 writers have in common – that they should headline this post? Charles Dickens here might be obvious: he’s the most popular, well-known, and widely acclaimed for his literary talents. Carl Winderl . . . certainly less so: except for those on the que vie – …
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When we arrived at the outskirts of Keene, Tammy slowed the car. The leadfoot finally let up, popping the goat into neutral and coasting down the main street of the town with a minimal rumble. “She has to be here somewhere.” Tammy leaned forward with intensity. “Where do we even start?” Sean …
We drove. Not far, mind you, but we put enough distance between us and the diner that it wouldn’t look suspicious when we pulled over and stopped on the deserted highway. “We doing this?” I turned sideways in the front seat so I could see everyone, including the brown paper package nestled …
It's not every day that I pitch a book not my own. However, today is one of those days. I'm proud to announce that both my father, Carl Winderl, and myself will be publishing books this year. While mine might have more pew-pew, my dad's book definitely compels the reader to think. The Gospel According …
