

The Fart Of Fiction No. 18
If you think your first book is great, but the world thinks it stinks then write a second book. Stay organized, keep writing; follow the...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 17
A journal is for deep feelings and a novel is for a great story. Entertain with lovely descriptions of mountaintops or a misty fog, but...


My First, First Poems
The Ontario Poetry Society published my very first poem. The free verse poem about Rome was actually called Rome and published in a...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 16
A brain fart happens when writing and that is when it's time to tend to the paper cut caused by the sharp edge of your computer. Let the...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 15
If you happen to stumble on The Art Of Leaving, understand it's a memoir and you're not getting fiction. Often, the highly secretive book...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 14
Sometimes hearing podcasts of ideas transformed into words can be great. Nobody wants to listen to somebody preaching about the craft of...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 13
When you're writing and it's working, don't stop to smell the roses unless you put aside the work-in-progress to do other writing jobs....


The Fart Of Fiction No. 12
Get the fuck off Twitter and write. Patton Oswalt tweets: "Whew! Twitter account fixed. I got hacked earlier today but it’s all fixed now...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 11
Just write. Don't be the lazy bum not doing the work. Eventually the fart catches up to you and it reeks. Man, will it stink. Establish a...


The Fart Of Fiction No. 10
There is buddy blown away by the girl in the red dress. Buddy is inflatuated over her, but the lady in red thinks he stinks. How do you...