The Speculative Salon

Writing the right amount of description to evoke a world   where characters live and breathe can be a bugaboo for writers.   Either we p...

I started to believe I would never have time to read books again. There never seems to be enough time to sit down and read a book with every...

Met a woman , a few weeks ago, who is revising her photography career.  In our chat, I happened on the concept of how photography happen...

Spent most of last week stuck indoors due to what Hubs likes to call 'snowmageddon', the winter storm that dropped a heap of snow ...

I was listening to an essay by Tor's Jo Walton from her collection What Makes This Book So Great .  she writes about why she re-reads c...

For most folks, practicing a ritual means to reap a certain result. Sometimes it seems superstitious, like basketball player, Michael Jo...

As usual, I'm modding some really cool writing workshops this month on the Savvy Authors website, including a fascinating study of  Alph...