Chris Lough, in a recent Tor.com column, reflected on George R. R. Martin’s struggle to complete The Winds of Winter, the sixth installment of Game of Thrones. For Martin, the increasing pressure to complete a manuscript reduces his creative output. His cure is to find other outlets to let off some steam and shift his […]
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Paranoia Runs Deep
Posted: 27th May 2014 by jazzdog in WritingTags: champagne books, creativity, fiction, Nick Sibelius, research, Richard Hacker, Texas, thriller, writing
Like most authors, I spend a good deal of time researching characters, history, culture, language, locations…the list is endless. On any given day, I may ponder how the human body reacts to garroting, which Russian sniper rifles would have been used in the early 1960’s, the flora and fauna of Peru, churches in Amsterdam destroyed […]
My Annual Holiday Blog Post!!!
Posted: 9th December 2013 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Creativity, DIRTY WATER, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPTags: blog, books, Christmas, creativity, DIRTY WATER, fiction, gifts, holidays, novel, Richard Hacker, Texas, toxic relationship, writing
Given it’s December, this must be my annual holiday blog post!!! I cannot offer unending pop star carols in the background, no flashing lights, fake snow on plastic trees or even a mocha pumpkin cinnamon double whip with red and green sprinkles. Sorry. I can point out how this holiday month for various religious traditions […]
