Category: Books
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TURTLE HULL AND OTHER MISADVENTURES OF EDITING
Yes indeed, that is the phrase I used. Turtle hull. It is from my childhood. Turtle hull is what we called the ‘trunk’ of a car. I uploaded my new science fiction short story, The Deep Cove Investigation last night after working at editing the 12k word tale all week. It is the fourth installment…
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GREENBEAN’S REVIEW OF THE BOOK ‘YAWNING AT TIGERS’
There are several words that come readily to mind that describe Drew Dyck’s new book, Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying. Theological is the first. Dyck has essentially written a theology book on the nature or attributes of God. Accessible is the second. Just because it is theology doesn’t mean it…
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IT “AIN’T” WORKING
Oh Microsoft, why do you vex me so? My wonderful proof readers have challenged my quirky use of the word “aint” in the text of my new short story. Because it is slang, and I only use it in dialogue, I made a choice to spell it without the apostrophe, aint. I thought it might…
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CHALLENGES FOR WRITING FICTION
I’ve spent lots of time this week trying to finish my new short story on the Deep Cove monster. It will be the fourth installment behind Deep Cove, Deep Cove: The Party Crasher, and The Deep Cove Lineage. These sci-fi stories are written like a serial–a continuing story line. It is almost finished and ready…