by Robert Ray | Jan 26, 2017 | biography
Questions from Robert J. Ray (The Weekend Novelist) Where did your sleuth (Dr. Zoe Goldman) come from? How long did she take to create? Days? Months? Years? Why did you make her conspicuously tall? (PS: Zoe’s got a crazy wit—very captivating, and helpful with...
by Robert Ray | Jan 26, 2017 | Book Review
Sandra Block Review—The Girl Without a Name (Questions from Robert J. Ray, The Weekend Novelist Series) At the climax to The Girl Without a Name, the bad guy confesses. To find out what happens next—what Fate does to the bad guy—you need to read the book. It’s a good...
by Robert Ray | May 13, 2016 | biography
Breakfast on Tyler Street, Amarillo, 1942 The old man shaves in the mirror. He wears BVDs—long johns with short sleeves—and his trousers. The suspenders hang from his waist. The old man pauses to stroke the razor on a leather strop. Half his face is shaved. The other...
by Robert Ray | Apr 16, 2016 | biography, Start Lines, Timed Writing Practice, Writing
-editor’s note. Timed writing practice is the drill. 5, 10, 15 and final 5 minute segment. Each kicks off with a random start line. Random so you can’t prepare an answer. Timed writing practice builds muscle so you are prepared to answer. 5...
by Robert Ray | Feb 28, 2016 | biography, Writing
The platter is old, yellow, chipped by the teeth of time. It slides across the table in my direction. Steam rises from the platter. The steam comes from boiled beef, boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, and green cabbage boiled to pale oblivion. I fork food from the...
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