by Guest Author | Aug 3, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Dialogue is important When I read a piece of prose, whether it’s a short story or a novel, and the dialogue is done well, my heart gives a little skip of excitement. (I know, an exciting life!) Here is a writer who has taken the time to learn their craft. And it...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jul 27, 2021 | All Posts, True Stories
Faithful readers of this blog may remember a story of my life a few weeks back that resulted in me getting grounded. Well, that grounding wasn’t the end of the story, it was just a good pause-point. But instead of picking up where we left off there, let me...
by Guest Author | Jul 20, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
1. Writing A Thriller is Like Drafting A Marketing Plan! Most movies start with very fast-paced action. A few seconds into the glorious destruction of the set, in billows of smoke and cordite, we get a glimpse of what our main character is made of. Ian Fleming’s James...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jul 13, 2021 | All Posts, Writing Tips
There is a running joke in the writing community about final drafts. Or, more specifically, the final, final, final, FINAL draft. That’s because writers are never quite finished with their work. Though I have argued that sometimes we think we’re...
by Guest Author | Jul 6, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
My ancestors began their lives in the fertile crescent of Egypt about 4,000 years ago. The Egyptians revere us as the great hunters we are and worship us as gods and goddesses. One of the most revered goddesses is Bastet. She, the keeper of the hearth and home,...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jul 2, 2021 | All Posts, Movies, Music, TV & Books
When you own 395 420* movies that you love, it’s hard to narrow that down to a small list of favorites. I buy a lot of movies, but I have a pretty strict policy of only buying movies that I want to see over and over and over and over and over… you get the...
by Guest Author | Jun 29, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
A late November gust whips my cheeks, picks at my skirt, sticky arthritis fingers stretch into my pockets. I poke into that hole I haven’t had time to mend, then tangle in loose threads, another poke from that tatty appointment card worn from calls of harassment—book,...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jun 25, 2021 | All Posts, True Stories
My junior year of high school was at a private Christian school. It was relatively small, probably around 80 students, if I remember right. I have some of my best high school memories from that year, but one, in particular, stands out. It was the school...
by Guest Author | Jun 22, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
Cigarette smoke fills my nose and I see my father slam my mother by her neck onto the cracked polyurethane coated, wood kitchen table by her neck. This is the earliest memory I have; this is what keeps me up at night with cold sweats and wishful thinking. This memory...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jun 18, 2021 | All Posts, Writing Tips
A few weeks back, I posted 13 storytelling tips I have learned while writing my first novel. I don’t claim to be an expert by any means–I’ll save that label for when I get published and sell billions of copies–but, expert or no, I’ve...
