Writing
I write novels, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. I share my passion for writing with advice, tips, book reviews for writers, and more. This page will also feature any works in progress and samples of my work.
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Why Blogs Suck
Last week when I was at the university for the radio show, I picked up a copy of the student newspaper. I haven’t read it in quite some time. Truth is, I used to write for it way back when. I read almost through the entire publication. It’s still just as an interesting read as…
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Conjuction Junction What’s Your Function?
I teach students all the time that conjunctions are to be used in the middle of sentences only. “You can not start at sentence with a conjunction. A conjunction is used to join words or phrases together. If a conjunction is at the start of a sentence it isn’t doing its job.” I’ve actually said…
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A Letter to My Ex
“All I ever wanted was for us to be happyI know I spent too much time on meshould’ve been more there for youI didn’t know how to build or see it throughI’m sorry for all the mistakes I madebut there’s no way to go back and changeno use in assigning blameI still feel the same…
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Welcome to My Talk Show
I have begun to think of blogging like talk radio. I love talk radio. It is great to tune into to a show daily and hear the host speak about a variety of topics. My favourite talk shows don’t carve out a niche. They explore a vast array of topics. And this is important. I…
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Work It In
It’s funny how my original Silent Cacophony book that I wrote in a coil notebook got put away for years but would not die. It stayed with me, even when I thought it was completely lost. And when I thought of starting a blog I knew that it had to have the same title. But…
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Quotes & Questions
I am really enjoying going through this old coil notebook of my writings from the summer of 1995. It’s strange how this first version of Silent Cacophony is a lot like a blog. The titles of the posts this week are the actual titles above each entry I wrote in that coil notebook. Here is…
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What is This?
It seems that he has lost what was left of his sanity. Saneness is in the mind of the beholder. Little voice in one’s head may be dismissed as Cacophony. Phooey-phooey, you may say. Or you did say if you are reading aloud. Sunglasses worn over top of your hat are cool. Life is ……
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The First Silent Cacophony
I was doing some major cleaning and decluttering on the weekend and I came across something that I thought was lost – the original Silent Cacophony book. I couldn’t believe I actually found it. I screamed out loud and jumped around at the discovery of this small coil notebook. It meant a lot to me…
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On-line Time Limited
I feel a need to get on-line everyday. Unfortunately, the summer is here and my online access is now somewhat restricted. You see, I don’t have the Internet at home. I have an old and out-dated computer that I use solely for word processing. But I make it work, I write entries at home and…
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Think, Leave, Cook, Write or TLCW
This is a weird philosophy of writing that I have cooked up. I thought I’d share my recipe with you. So here it is, The Recipe to Good Writing 1) Think Writers must always be thinking of what could make a good story. Be on the lookout for ideas and scribble them down where ever…