by Rick | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog, Inspirational
“My life is so much better today because of your presence in this room.” An old man laying in a hospital bed said that to me 30 years ago and I recall that phrase almost every day. Today is a good day to tell someone you admire how much better your life is...
by Rick | Dec 23, 2017 | Blog, Writing Tips
Let’s put a new twist on the standard who, what, when, where, why and how questions that writers are supposed to answer and approach it from the context of our motivation for writing. Why are you writing? To whom are your writing? How do you tell the story? What...
by Rick | Oct 21, 2017 | Blog, Writing Tips
“One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was never to argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” – Floyd Hammer Writing stuff down matters and it matters a lot. The original quote to never quarrel with a man who buys ink by the barrel...
by Rick | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog, The Burly Log Blog, Writing Tips
I love to write and recently resumed the practice of handwritten letters. My favorite instrument of choice, hands down, is a fountain pen. Using a fountain pen on fine paper requires an entirely different way of writing than which I am accustomed. I am also a...
by Rick | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog, Inspirational
“And, of course, with the birth of the first artist came the inevitable afterbirth- the critic.” – Mel Brook’s “Birth of the Art Critic.” Getting a publisher interested in my first novel, Voice on the Prairie, was a fulfillment of years of hard work, rejection...
