by D. L. Koontz | Jan 30, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer
For brevity sake, I’ll shorten what I had written: An intricate tale of…the series takes place…on a crypt-like hillside…and the raging Potomac River… A friend, reading my book proposal, looked up, a pout on his face. “You can’t say that,” he said. Say...
by D. L. Koontz | Jan 27, 2012 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge
Part II of II In Part I of this Betwixt and Between rumination, I discussed the confusion experienced by we folks living in Marpennsylginia (the mid-Atlantic), caught as we are between our efficient neighbors to the North and our charming neighbors to the South....
by D. L. Koontz | Jan 24, 2012 | Journal, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge
Part I of II I’m originally from the North, but I spend a lot of time with Just My Joe in the South. And yet, I live in that beautiful, confused and bewildered in-between area, the mid-Atlantic region. Or, as I call it, Marpennsylginia. We’re confused and...
by D. L. Koontz | Jan 19, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer
I know how this guy feels. He’s going on location to create the perfect background music for his story, and— What? “On location”…”Background music”– Is this a posting about cinematography or writing? Hmmm, allow me to address these two notions before...
by D. L. Koontz | Jan 17, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense
When I get exasperated with social networking, I often think of that poor bewildered character, “Jack.” You know the guy ― the protagonist in the children’s nursery rhyme, “The House that Jack Built.” If you need a refresher of the rhyme,...