#how-to-write

When I wrote How to Write Westerns for the Modern Reader it was intended to be just that, a kind of how-to book for authors who were interested in penning a book in the western genre that would appeal to the generation of readers born after 1990, or thereabouts. In that book, I wrote about the structure of the western novel (or novella or short story), some of the historical elements that make…

I Remember One of My Instructors Saying “You Can Write Even When You’re Sick”

I was at a master writing class–a writing boot camp, really–back in 2009 and remember one of the instructors was saying that the great thing about writing is that it’s the one job you can still do even when you’re sick. What a bunch of hoo-ha. I feel like three pounds of Bleh in a one pound sack and I’m only posting this because I wanted to go on the record to say, my instructor was wrong! I all…