Archive - Frantic Scribe

An ER can test your heart . . .

in more ways that you can perhaps imagine.

Jul 11 •

June 2024

Free sucks. Fight me.

The free culture kills art and starves its creators.

Jun 26 •

When a bad review reminds you why you wrote the book in the first place

Pride Month made me think of this again. From a blog I published on my website.

Jun 22 •

May 2024

I'm talking here

Dialogue tag tips for authors

May 5 •

How author J.G. MacLeod finished her novel "one sentence at a time"

Break through the perception that you need hours per sitting to finish your book

May 4 •

April 2024

Reading can be hard. But it just might save your life.

Authors, friends and readers share books that changed everything, part two. And thank you, Gabor Maté

Apr 20 •

Reading is fun. And it just might save your life.

Authors, friends and readers share works that changed everything

Apr 18 •

"Take a deep breath" is not the best advice when the house is on fire

Maybe dousing it should be job one

Apr 9 •

March 2024

It's World Poetry Day. And I'm a novelist.

Whatever. A writer is a writer . . . maybe . . . right?

Mar 21 •

February 2024

I became a character in a book (wow)

And then found myself in a group of new real-life friends. (Also, Happy Leap Day.)

Feb 29 •

And the word of the day is . . .

Seeking vocabulary lost in the drawers of my mind

Feb 6 •

December 2023

Bah humb . . . I mean, Happy Holidays!

Feel free to slam the door on your way out, 2023. I'll lock up behind you.

Dec 19, 2023 •

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