Grand theft drama. Essay. 900 words, 5-minute read. Stealing the Show By Ray Tabler. Making movies is a risky business. Or so I’m reliably informed. Beyond the well-known financial and critical perils involved lurks the danger that your audience will ignore what the director is attempting to communicate, and latch…
Month: May 2026
Authors Learning Something New Podcast
Someone else was foolish enough to let me on his podcast. Fellow author Rick Tabor interviewed me for his podcast, Authors Learning Something New! I like Rick. He has great initials, RT. You can see the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rr5g5iBvdQ&list=PLYTS-driGut0UGwVxbAf1IxBtlPc3eLyU Or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricktaborthea…/reel/DYDO-zovXqZ/ Hmm. That’s 3 podcasts I’ve been on…
Time and Childhood
The kids are alright. Essay. 800 words, 4-minute read. Time and Childhood By Ray Tabler. The other day a stray thought unlocked a torrent of childhood memories which waited patiently for decades to tumble out like opening the door of an over-stuffed cupboard. Simply put, my early years resembled the…
Novel Lengths Podcast
Fellow author Denver Wilson and I talk about novel lengths over the years. Thanks to the good people at Confusion for producing this series of podcasts. The last graph shown in the podcast: Here are the links discussed in the podcast: •https://capitalizemytitle.com/famous-book-series-and-novel-word-counts/ •http://www.kruegerbooks.com/books/best-sellers/index.html •https://discoverscifi.com/the-top-10-greatest-sci-fi-writers/ •https://www.isfdb.org/ •Ray’s Substack posts on the…
How Do You Read?
Two-timing, and more. Essay. 800 words, 4-minute read. How Do You Read? By Ray Tabler. How do you read books? That is, do you read one book at a time? Or do you have a number of books going all at once, skipping between as the mood takes you? Personally,…