stories
Mentor a Young Writer
I encourage all of you to mentor a young writer. In this day of truncated words, abbreviations that can barely be understood without a lexicon of texting in your back pocket and less face to face time, it is important to preserve the English Language. How as writers do we accomplish this? We write, and […]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Epilogue
As you all know I have been writing my first children’s mystery novel, Who is the Bully. It is the shortest book I have written to date. A funny thing happened on the way to the epilogue; I started writing my next children’s mystery novel, Who is the Stranger starting a series called the Magdalena […]
The Beginning and the End of “Broken Bones and Broken Dreams”
I am writing my first ever children’s book. I am having a blast doing it. My arm cannot keep up with the thoughts as the flood gates have opened as wide as they possibly can go. The theme is about bullys and parental abuse. It starts off with broken bones on a friend of the […]
I Have Been Asked
Here is an interesting conundrum; my granddaughter Madison (my Miss Magoo and muse for portrait photography) has asked me to write a children’s book. Needless to say, I asked, “Are you serious?” Her response, “Yes! You tell such wonderful stories, Papa.” How does one not fulfill a request such as that? So the first question […]
Where Do Your Ideas Come From?
I like most author’s heads have heads filled with idea, image, places, characters, plots, themes, weather, personal interaction and much, much more. We just have to tap into our minds. Right! My son is a cop! We have been friends with law enforcement officers all our lives. As a child, where I grew up in […]
Let Life Get In Your Way
In most jobs we are told to avoid letting life get in your way. Your boss doesn’t want it to influence your performance. Your boss is afraid that you may not follow company policy. Your boss may feel that it will influence your decisions that may be counter productive to the company’s position or overall […]
How Do You Begin Your Books?
Authors are all unique and a one of a kind character. Don’t you wish you had a character in your next book who was exactly like you? In my case, I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone! That lead me to the question that began this blog post: How do you begin your books? In other […]
Know Your Competition
Would you go to a heart surgeon if he hadn’t read anything in his field of practice since he got his license? Would open a store without first checking out how other businesses conduct that business first? Would you go to a dentist who was still using equipment 45 years old? Now I need to […]
Join a Local Writer’s Group
I belong to a writer’s group that has no name other than Writer’s Group. There are four us that meet on a regular basis. Right now it is every other. Each of us has our own genre. As you know I write murder mysteries. Tim writes about international intrigue, military and travel logs. Bob writes […]
I Had a Dream Last Night
Yesterday, Saturday, February 02, 2013, I was down with the flu. It was to good old fashioned stomach flu none of those with any of the fancy names attached. I laid low and wonderful wife, Lynda kept me with ice water and toast for lunch. I sat down at the computer as she watched a […]
Scott H. Hendricks, Author 