Tales from the Raven

I got the call today on my latest entry, Shards of Honor.  Here’s the list on the wotf blog.  I’m honored to find myself initiated into this group, and also into the prestigious group of writers who can say they’ve had their name misspelled.  We’re a very selective group, you know.  [edit: My name has [...]

While watching myself and friends go through the hectic time of bringing home a newborn, I was always struck by the irony that just when a woman is most exhausted from childbirth and often at a low point physically, she must have her sleep disrupted several times a night by a baby.
You’re wondering what this [...]

Here’s a love poem, for you.  If you’re the kind of guy who usually sweeps your girl with a fancy dress event, a dimly lit but classy dinner, and maybe something exotic to the taste or delicately blooming, you can take a few suggestions from this fellow and really open her eyes.

Orson Scott Card’s

Pat Esden’s got a good blog up about using our childhood memories in writing.  It’s a long-ish post, so my sum-up won’t do it justice, but the point I walked away with is that we can mine our memories for their emotional strength, rather than their details.  Of course, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard OSC make [...]