In the previous Writer’s Desk logbook entry titled “The Bungalow Analogy,” I noted my intention to follow up with a personal concept linking the initial creative process of writing a novel with the editing necessary during subsequent revisions. My objective … Continue reading →
In an earlier Writer’s Desk logbook post titled “Four Hats,” I offered a personal view of the writer’s journey to publication by figuratively defining four stages in terms of wearing a series of baseball caps with a single word embroidered … Continue reading →
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Its purpose is to honor Americans who have died in all wars. Begun as a ritual of remembrance and reconciliation after the Civil War, by … Continue reading →
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Military intelligence is an oxymoron.” I don’t know who first said it, but my guess is that it wasn’t a civilian expressing the opinion that being clever, bright, brilliant and quick-witted is mutually exclusive with … Continue reading →
We continue with the six-part series to showcase some of the finest paintings depicting significant events in the WWII air war: Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS … Continue reading →
Writers seeking representation by a literary agent in the Age of the Internet have only to plop down at their computers to gain access to more information than most of us can assimilate. I’ve picked querytracker.net (QT) as my primary … Continue reading →
There’s a saying in aviation that the only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire. Fortunately, I’ve never had to deal with an inflight fire, but there have been times when the fuel gauges received the … Continue reading →
On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers changed the subsequent history of the world in a way analogous to the earlier impact of the wheel and the sail. Transportation would never be the same again. I believe that human beings … Continue reading →
This afternoon I will suffer the slicing and dicing of scalpels in the autopsy procedure known as “roundtable” when fellow members of the Novel-in-Progress (NIP) group of Austin review 25 pages of Redline, the second of a planned series that … Continue reading →
On October 14, 2010, I wrote a post titled “The Quagmire of Disproportionate Response” to illustrate the key objective of terrorism and how the attack of 9/11 has accomplished exactly what Osama bin Laden intended. The following article (quoted with … Continue reading →
