Most all professions have their inherent health or safety risks, and writing is no different. Sure, they may be more mundane then having your Fire Truck flip over on the way to a call, but there are risks none the less. Here is a list of health hazards and how to minimize the risks: Repetitive [...]
Actually I don’t even have a message board. Not one in my office that is. What I do have is a writer’s forum space at I Hate My Message Board, a site that belongs to my good friend Tracy O’Connor. Tracy and I have been putting our little ol’ heads together ever since my post [...]
As a writer, sooner or later you are going to need to interview a subject. if you write non-fiction an interview will be a crucial part of your article, even if the interview is to gain a short quote or two. For a novelist, interviews are needed as part of the research process to gain [...]
Getting rejection letters in the mail is a pretty cool thing. OK, I admit not as cool as getting a publisher love letter with promises of fame and fortune, but cool none the less. Oh, I know what your thinking: “Now George is going to give us that tired old number about each rejection being [...]
For all of my regular Tumblemoose kin please forgive this off-topic post, but I thought I’d share a little about myself and how I arrived at the place I’m at. In 1978 (criminy I’m so old…) I was working a summer job as a construction laborer. I remember sorting scrap wood piles listening to the [...]
