Author: Steve Calvert

Last week I read Cujo. I have been meaning to get around to reading it for a while because I remember reading in King’s book On Writing that he can barely remember writing Cujo because he was drinking so heavily at the time. I’ll tell you what that man can write better drunk than most…

I haven’t updated my blog in over a week. Shame on me. I’ve just been busy with other things, I guess: work, the various chores around the house and garden, more work etc. I’ve read a book or two, watched a film or two and also watched It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I went…

I was reading a story the other day where a guy was trying to catch falling leaves because he hoped that an old superstition was true, that stated that for every falling leaf that someone catches they add an extra day to their life. Ever hear that one before? I hadn’t and so I tried…

There is a rather interesting Essay in The New York Times. It’s dated Sep 30th, but I’ve only just found out about it. The essay is called ‘What Ails the Short Story’, it is rather interesting, and the guy who penned it knows a thing or two about short stories. They call him Stephen King….

I recently came across this quote: ~ “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach ~ I think I will use it as a mantra and repeat it to myself every time I get a rejection letter.