Yes, I know, this is primarily a writer's blog, though I have been known to go off the rails topically now and again. I've seen a lot of other writer's blogs and there are more than a few that seemed geared at telling you, the reader, how to write. Since very few of these … Continue reading Finding Your Voice
Month: July 2017
Meet Bjorn
This is Bjorn. He's happy to meet you. Bjorn sits on the corner of my laptop while I work and he sticks his yellow tongue out at me. Before I tell you his story I should warn you that if hearing about people's struggles with mental illness are upsetting or distasteful to you, then this … Continue reading Meet Bjorn
The Honeymoon
In the midst of all the excitement over the release of my second novel in the Cerah of Quadar series, (perhaps you've heard? Many Hidden Rooms is now available?) I haven't done much writing about what I'm writing currently. (Don't you hate writers that write about writing? I should write something about that one day!) This seems … Continue reading The Honeymoon
Something Very Old
There are no photographs of me taken between July of 1983 and July of 1987. That is because I spent those four years "casting the smallest shadow I could." (I quote a poem I wrote from that time period.) They were dark years, bookended by the month and year my first wife left … Continue reading Something Very Old
S.J. Varengo - Author 