Month: November 2012

“The Writer’s Room”

Each of us wannabe would-be writers walk into our ‘room of reflection’ with a special DNA and skill set. We walk into our ‘room’ with life experiences that have similarity to other lives, but there is a uniqueness in each of us, different appetites and desires, different cultures, large and small alteration patterns in our […]

An Interview With John Dolan – Author of “Everyone Burns” – AN UPDATE

John Dolan This is a ‘Don’t Miss’ combo for you: an interview with a quality author and a partial review of his 5-Star book, “Everyone Burns.” If you have not had the pleasure of reading John Dolan you’ve missed a great experience from a writer extraordinaire. JD is truly a wordsmith for his times. He is also […]

A Closet Dark With Fear

Thought I might try to titillate you with the first two pages of a ‘Prologue.’ Call me shameless because the ‘Prologue’ is from my novel, Mama’s Madness. This book was taken from some true life events and it was tough to write. It startled me to think that mothers of such quantifiable evil existed and doled it […]

A Private Session At ‘The Way Station’

Guess I write quite a bit about my feelings, about my life and times. Thought I would allow a small portion from one of my books to do the ‘talking’ in this post… The following is a section from ‘The Way Station’ (a euphemism for a Care Facility) in my book, “The Cracked Mirror – Reflections From An Appalachian Son.” […]

Writing And Me

“Writing And Me” Posted November 1, 2012 by Billy Ray Chitwood Most people who write and those who wish to write likely know that the libraries of the world are comfortably stacked with the ‘how to’ of creative writing. Guess the thing for me is, I’ve got to do my own struggling, got to find […]