by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 28, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Excerpts
Four lanes separated Heath from life and death—two each direction. On one side, endless streams of people flowed beneath bright street lamps, their heels clicking against the pavement as they scuttled to the next bar or dance club. On the wrong side—his side—the...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 16, 2015 | On Craft
5 1/2 years. That’s roughly how long I’ve been working on this novel. 6 years. That’s how long I’ve been trying to figure out writing and me and life. 2,138 days of recovering from PTSD, spilling my heart onto the paper, growing as a writer, editor and person, and...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 7, 2015 | Behind the Scenes
Behind every good book is a cutting room floor littered with the carcasses of words, paragraphs and even whole chapters that didn’t work for your novel. In the writing world, we call it “killing your darlings.” At some point, no matter how much you...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 2, 2015 | Writing Tools
I don’t know who gave it to us. Other writers, maybe? Unknowingly passing this virtual virus via tweets, blog posts and even books. Or maybe it’s the writing gremlins–the little monsters that like to crawl around inside your head and whisper that...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jul 16, 2013 | Beautiful Things
“Hello, my friend, hello Just [blogged] to let you know I think about you ev’ry night When I’m here alone And you’re there at home, hello ~ Neil Diamond, “Hello Again” As I write this I wonder if you still visit here. Do you still...
