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Writer’s Guilt

Posted on 2019-02-05 By RB

Confession time – I feel guilty when I have some free time and don’t spend it writing. It’s strange because I love to write, I need to write, but there are some moments when I simply want to unplug my brain and do something else. Usually, it’s something unproductive, like…

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Why I Write

Posted on 2019-02-04 By RB

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been writing stories and poems for as long as I can remember. I started in early childhood, inspired by song lyrics and the wide variety of books handed down to me by much older family members. As I grew older I began keeping a journal,…

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Publishing

Posted on 2019-02-02 By RB

I’m amazed at how much publishing has changed over the past decade or two. When I was first becoming serious about being a writer, I would spend hours looking for magazines to submit my work to. This was at the very beginnings of the internet as we now know it….

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Humble brag

Posted on 2019-02-01 By RB

My short story, “Reflections in Blue Water”, was just published at the Blue Lake Review. This is probably the most mainstream story I’ve written, but I’m proud of it. Enjoy! RB

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Writing by the Rules

Posted on 2019-01-19 By RB

I read a post on Twitter the other day asking the #WritingCommunity what their feelings were in regards to using adverbs and adjectives in their work. There’s a lot of debate on this – should a writer purge all the adverbs and adjectives from their text? Can we use a…

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First Draft

Posted on 2019-01-12 By RB

I’ve finished the first draft of my first real novel (I’ve made a few failed, half-hearted attempts in the past) and found the process exciting and exhausting. As I noted to the writing community on Twitter earlier this week, I felt like I had run a marathon. Because of that,…

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Highway Thoughts

Posted on 2019-01-05 By RB

Whenever I travel by road, especially on the Interstate Highways, I find my mind wandering into the landscape that passes by the windows. You’ve seen those long empty stretches, no exits, no towns or cities nearby, just endless thickets of trees or acres of rolling fields. I often wonder what…

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Happy New Year – 2019

Posted on 2019-01-012019-01-01 By RB

Here we are – a new start in a new year. I’m not one for making resolutions for the new year. I think it’s good to have goals, but I don’t like to use the new year as a benchmark. Some goals are easier than others, so some can be…

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Evolution of Language

Posted on 2018-12-29 By RB

One of the aspects of reading and writing that I find fascinating is the evolution of language. I’m one of those people who likes to read the occasional classic piece of literature (think Dickens, Tolstoy, Gogol, etc.) and I’m always amazed when I finish an older novel or story collection…

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It’s about perspective…

Posted on 2018-12-24 By RB

I’ve had a story idea incubating in my head for a few years now, and I think I’ve finally figured out how to write it. Cue sigh of relief. I originally had the idea a few years ago. I immediately sat down and starting writing, but hit the wall after…

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