by lannyadmin | Oct 16, 2019 | Opinion
These “Confetti” are FB posts of mine from various threads. They are, in effect, little mini essays in response to what the thread presented. Though they are also self-contained thoughts. What made this country the place much of the rest of the world...
by lannyadmin | Jul 17, 2019 | Review
The story lines of illegal organ harvesting, crime scene cleanup and bare knuckle boxing were easy to make hash out of, but Bauer does a masterful job weaving those plot lines together in this excellent crime thriller. It is tightly written and amply researched,...
by lannyadmin | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
All writers have their own process. Mine begins with character(s). They present early on. I pay no mind to back-story, physical characteristics, or even their role at this initial stage; rather, I contemplate how their emotional construct impels their actions. Writers...
by lannyadmin | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Like most writers, I’d rather be writing stories—lost in images, worlds, words, characters and their conflicts—instead of pitching my work. We’re pitching all the time, aren’t we? We pitch to agents, publishers and readers. Our query letters are pitches; we develop...
by lannyadmin | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
I love noir fiction and movies. So do millions of others. Why is that? For me, it’s clear: Noir comes closer than any other genre to capturing the human condition. You won’t find superheroes in noir, and redemption only occurs by the cubic centimeter. When it does,...
