Award-winning journalist and author Cliff Hightower will join us today for a guest blog post with a hard-hitting interview with an up-and-coming author. The subject of that interview? Himself. Through his career, Hightower has interviewed serial killers to governors to Dolly Parton. This is the first time that Hightower has interviewed Hightower. Without further ado… … Continue reading An Interview of Author Cliff Hightower by the Author Himself
We are here. Well, close, but not yet. Where is here? It’s the Cage of the World, a new fantasy series by me that will be parts epic, parts grimdark, parts high fantasy. But it will be all me. This week, I dropped the cover to my new book that will come out in January … Continue reading Enter the Cage
Photo by Ikowh Babayev on Pexels.com The article, book, poem, or fill-in-the-blank of whatever medium you are writing at the time sits in front of you. But you cannot move because you are paralyzed. You do not know what to write. Well, maybe you do. You just don’t think it’s good enough. Maybe you wrote … Continue reading How Perfection Can Never Be Found In Writing
The first rule of writing is that you write out of love. You write for the love of words, the love of the craft, and the love of creation. There's no get-rich-quick scheme in writing. There are no guarantees you will write a best seller. No guarantees you will be hired by the New York … Continue reading Writing for Love, Not Money, is the Only Answer
A friend over the weekend told me he suffered from impostor’s syndrome. He didn’t know what it was at first. I told him. Then he suddenly came to the conclusion that he indeed suffered from it. I asked him this simple question. Why? He worked for years at one of the largest newspapers in the … Continue reading Why You Need to Find Confidence in Writing and Stop Impostor Thinking
Photo by Victor Freitas on Pexels.com I'm announcing today the latest project I am working on and an upcoming book I hope to publish soon and bring to the world.What is it?The book is a book on writing and how to get better at it. The title?"Write Like You Gotta Pair."Time and time again, I … Continue reading You Got A Pair?
Photo by Nathan Cowley on Pexels.com A friend recently posted on social media that he felt insecure about his writing and he didn't think that would ever end. Funny, but I was thinking the same thing that morning as well. Imposter syndrome had wrapped its tentacles around me, and thoughts of, well I can't talk … Continue reading Imposter Syndrome: We All Suffer as Writers
Editing. How we love it. That's where I'm at right now in writing. I'm currently editing my novel, "The Long Black Veil." The deadline has been set for July 15. At that point, I will be handing it over to a select few readers for them to look over and give suggestions. Then edit some … Continue reading The Latest: Editing, editing, more editing
I admit. I'm late to the party. "The Blade Itself" should have been read a long, long time ago. And I just got through reading it. As a matter of fact, I read all three Joe Abercrombie books in his First Law series within a week, devouring them, not able to put them down. It … Continue reading Reading a classic: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
I've established a brand new site and moved from my old one. I originally used Squarespace because of its ease, but for a writer found it very limiting. You could only use newsletters that Squarespace allowed you to use and, quite frankly, it was a pain to try and promote your writing. There are still … Continue reading Welcome to my new site