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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
If you didn’t already know it, I’m a big fan of Jim Steinman. The man is just brilliant. And he’s a snazzy dresser. In my (not so) humble opinion, Steinman has written some of the best songs of the 20th century. Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, even Kiss can’t compete with Steinman, the mastermind who penned the…
Over the past couple of months my writing time has been spent in ways totally alien to me before meeting and writing a book with Carrie Jones in 2008. I’ve learned a lot about working with a legitimate agent and a major publishing house, and about writing for young adults. I thought I’d share a…
If you care about the well being of those who provide your reading entertainment, please take a moment and read this blog post from Brian Keene.
The other day, quite by accident, I was able to put a semi-familiar word with a very familiar object. Hydrangea. I knew the name from books, but, as with most plant life, I didn’t know what a hydrangea bush looked like. Well, that’s what I thought. Turned out I knew exactly what one looked like…
I downloaded Windows Live Writer, which is supposed to make blogging easier. I’m not sure how, as it isn’t really a problem to log in to WordPress and write a blog. Here we have a picture I’ve inserted. This was my sig when I wrote the Mr. Traffic column for The Daily Oklahoman in 1999-2000.…
Sometimes, on clear nights like tonight, I look up at the moon and stars and think about how people have looked up at the moon and stars for centuries before me, and how their lives were so different. Did ancient people question their place in the universe? Did they have doubts about their purpose here?…
Sometimes, on clear nights like tonight, I look up at the moon and stars and think about how people have looked up at the moon and stars for centuries before me, and how their lives were so different. Did ancient people question their place in the universe? Did they have doubts about their purpose here?…
In an effort to get my "grade level" seniors to actually read a book, I’m breaking the classes into four groups of four to five kids and assigning each group a different novel. The novels are The Hobbit, Nineteen Eighty-four, and despite being an American author, My Sister’s Keeper. The fourth book was going to…
What is the worst thing you can make a 9th grader read? I would argue that it is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This isn’t a knock on the Bard, or his play that has remained popular for hundreds of years. It’s just that the ending isn’t what teenagers want, and maybe it isn’t what…
Steven E. Wedel 