Paul’s Writing
One of the many things I do to still the voices in my head (technically, the voices are in Melinda’s head, but as long as SOMEBODY shuts up, it’s a good day!) is to write fiction. I have written dozens of short stories, several collections, a non-fiction poker book, and completed a much anticipated novel …
Witing Womance?
Melinda does her scary adventures, and I do mine. The scariest thing I’ve done lately was go to the Coastal Magic Writing Conference (https://coastalmagicconvention.com/) in Daytona Beach. I should have known better. The featured author list bios were mostly paranormal romance writers and almost 100% female. I was the only male there (not exactly true, …
All-Star Radio Interview
All-Star Radio Interview on The Writer’s Edge Paul K. Metheney will be one of the guests on the Writer’s Edge podcast, on Friday, December 29th at 4 pm in their all-star radio interview. The Internet radio show, hosted by McKensie Stewart, an author, educator, and entrepreneur living in Charlotte, NC, will be the All-Star show, as …
Book Review: Scourge
Book Review Scourge by Gail Z. Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Imagine the TV show ‘Supernatural’ mated with ‘The Game of Thrones’. Don’t work too hard at it. Just read Scourge by Gail Z. Martin. It feels medieval, but could be some far-off, dystopian future. And frankly, it doesn’t matter to me which …
Writing Rejections & Other Funnies Part 3
You just received your fifth rejections letter for a book you submitted. You’re in good company. A few other writer’s received their fair share of rejection before “doing okay” with the whole writing thing. LitRejections & Online College Writing Rejections Rejected 1st 100 pages – Jaws – His publishers Doubleday reject the first 100 pages. …
Writing Rejection & Other Funnies Part 4
Rejection slips getting you down, Bunky? Well, stand back, because a few the best have gotten some of the most. Keep submitting, keep writing. Keep editing and re-writing. Check out http://www.right-writing.com/rejection.html. Letters of Rejection “An endless nightmare. I think the verdict would be ‘Oh don’t read that horrid book.” Publisher rejects The War Of The …
Writing Rejection & Other Funnies Part 2
You know what’s worse than being rejected by an agent or publisher? Being the agent or publisher that rejected Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, J.D. Salinger, or Dr. Seuss. These come from a site called LitRejections.com. Have faith, fledgling author, maybe your book is like one of these greats… or not. Sometimes a dog is just …
Creating Iconic Characters
The recent passing of Leonard Nimoy started me thinking about movie or TV characters that have become iconic, or impactful to the world or society in general. They have changed the way we think about character types. This usually means that they changed our thinking about something or created a vision that was unique. Sometimes it …
Ian Fleming: Chitty-Chitty-07
Ian Fleming is best known for being the author of the James Bond stories. Pretty much everyone knows that. Did you know he also wrote “Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang“? I’m not joking here. Having recently watched a documentary on the making of the Bond movies, I became more than a little curious about some of things I saw …