Review of Beyond, Mercedes Lackey’s Novel
Are you wondering if Beyond, Mercedes Lackey’s first “Founding of Valdemar” book is worth reading? If so, you’re in the right place.
Are you wondering if Beyond, Mercedes Lackey’s first “Founding of Valdemar” book is worth reading? If so, you’re in the right place.
Everyone’s writing process is different, but sometimes learning new tricks and techniques can get you going. So here’s a back-of-the-embroidery look at what went into writing A Cactus Among Wolves.
A group of physics majors at Calvin University once put me up for two nights and served me chilled sumac tea. During dinner, they had an animated discussion about how necessary the hard sciences are and how froofy and “soft” the arts are.
Have you ever woken and found that the tide has come in?
During the night, an invisible sea swept silently under your doors and through cracks in the windows.
The life of a writer may seem dull on the surface (envision me standing at my keyboard in wool socks), but don’t be fooled. Writing is fraught with danger. I realized this while reflecting on my forays into amateur ceramics.
When I started my writing journey, I became an undercover agent. I didn’t give myself a code name, but I treated my manuscript like a Top Secret classified document. I didn’t let anyone read it. No one. Not a person, a dog, or a canary saw my work for three years, two months, and eighteen days.
The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day. Steven Pressfield There’s something about beginnings that freak me out. I stare at the blank page for a while, then I decide to go make some tea. I come back with my…