It's 2019. I'm sure most of you are aware of this by now, and those who aren't... well I tip my cap. Your New Year's Eve celebration must have been epic. I'm not a New Years resolution sort of guy. Haven't been for a long time. I don't really know why I stopped the practice, … Continue reading Newness
Author: Scott Varengo
It’s Been Weird…
I've mentioned before about times when writing has been difficult. I am not even pretending to pretend that I'm unique (in any way) with regard to this or any other aspect of this gig. But as is true with each of those other writers, how that experience feels is unique. To me, and to everyone … Continue reading It’s Been Weird…
Dealing with Catastrophe
Let me tell you something: there are few things more traumatic to an active writer these days than the death... ...of one's computer. On Wednesday the 28th, I did some work, saved everything, then went to my sister-in-law's birthday party. We left about 6:30 pm. When we returned at about 9:30 pm, I went into … Continue reading Dealing with Catastrophe
The Process
Part One: He writes about writing about writing. Writers sure do love to write about writing. We're ridiculous. Anytime we're not writing for pay we're writing about the experience of having written for pay, or not for pay. Or whatever. We just love to hear ourselves go on. I have always likened this activity to … Continue reading The Process
Book Review: Night at Key West
Night at Key West by Craig A. Hart is an exciting new direction from this well-established author. As with his other series, the Serenity Thrillers and the SpyCo Novellas, there is plenty of action, compelling characters, and rock-solid writing. But Key West is special. What makes it so? I offer a quick list of reasons … Continue reading Book Review: Night at Key West
It Begins
November is National Novel Writing Month. No, really. It's a thing. Look: You're not that surprised, are you? I mean, it's 2018 (nearly 2019 - gasp!), and just about everything is a thing these days. But yes, it's a thing, with its own website, and tons of people are blogging about it, and emailing about it … Continue reading It Begins
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Some of you may be familiar with the title of this blog. It is shared with a 1980 motion picture that dealt comically with the convergence of what the majority of society would consider a "primitive" lifestyle with what we so arrogantly call "modern" (or worse still "civilized") society. The concept of the "crazy gods" … Continue reading The Gods Must Be Crazy
My Writing Spirit Guide
I have a 1910 Lincoln penny. Like all Lincoln pennies minted before 1959, it is the sort with the wheat pattern on the reverse. Until this very instant (and I absolutely mean that I am thinking this for the first time) I've never wondered why the government of the United States of America chose to … Continue reading My Writing Spirit Guide
Whew!
If anyone truly follows this blog, then you'll probably realize that my latest novel, The Count of Carolina, was released on September 4, with pretty much no peeps from me. There were a number of reasons for this non-peepitude, not the least of which was the fact that the first book in the series, the venerable Beauty … Continue reading Whew!
1976 and the Holy Grail
It has been a rough patch of days. Some of the worst. I'm not freaking kidding! But at some point today, after clawing up a very steep hill for... for what, two days? Three? A billion? After that climb, I saw a distant shimmer. I'm a fool to follow it's empty glistening, but I believe … Continue reading 1976 and the Holy Grail
