Non-fiction travel and first-person anecdotes: two of my favorite literary pursuits. You turn something not much of us consider into an art form and stand back with us and extemporize on it on a minute scale. I've always harbored daydreams of packing up and disappearing (especially with the economy ... view book

While normally, fiction weighed down with introspective monologues bores me to tears, I severely enjoy a good anecdote. It feels like I'm listening in on a tasty conversation, or listening to someone tell me 'old war stories'. Once a writer starts telling me about this and that from years ago, all p... view book

I have to agree with Blackmer. The fantasy novel I had up, "Children of Infinity", suffered from a prologue with little to no character action, no dialogue, all exposition. It had a biblical style, which is like this first part, and I received an avalanche of comments about how it made the story unw... view book

This is a grade-A thriller. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you, I've just now gotten into the swing of things with Backing and reading and such. If you want, come look at my horror novel Dime (aka Gauntlet / Weatherhead) again, I've added much more to it and done a total POV overhaul and... view book

I agree with just about everything Gordon Long says. Your humor is spot on, though if it cuts the tension it's misplaced. Think of it as the "good cop bad cop" routine: the bad cop comes in and makes you feel like you're in over your head, and the good cop comes in and makes you feel like you have a... view book