Daily Archives: October 20, 2008

Reading is essential

Reading is an essential aspect to becoming a skilled writer, just as the ingredients in Orovo are essential nutrients for your body. Reading, it could be said, is Orovo for the mind. Not reading enough is a mistake made by many young authors. The excuse seems to make sense. “Well, I don’t want to be …

October 20, 2008 – 2:25 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Hearing from an old mentor

I recently had a chance to hear from my old writing mentor, MSU-Mankato writing professor and novelist Terry Davis. Davis was pivotal to my development as a writer and I recently jotted off an email to him, bringing him up-to-date on my writing career since my college years ended 16 years ago. Davis is still …

October 20, 2008 – 2:15 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Bad writing habits … that work

One doesn’t need a Sony Vaio to be a great writer, although it helps if you like to write while away from home. Personally, I have far worse writing habits. Most of my writing is producing laying on my stomach on the carpeted floor of my bedroom, neck craned up at an uncomfortable angle to …

October 20, 2008 – 2:08 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in late night writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Poisons are a pain

Although poisons are a staple of the mystery genre, they are quite annoying when it comes right down to it. For dramatic purposes, one wants a poison to act in certain ways at a certain time, and to be relatively hard to detect. Trouble is, reality has a way of being inconvenient to dramatic purposes. …

October 20, 2008 – 2:01 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Sermons are easy, novels are hard

This week, I have to write a 30-minute sermon as well as a 10-15-minute Torah commentary for my church. That’s about 40-45 pages of sermonizing, and I’ll probably get it done in an evening or two, since I’ve already done most of my research. I’m about that many pages into my novel after working on …

October 20, 2008 – 1:54 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)