Posts Tagged ‘creativity’

TOXIC RELATIONSHIP

Posted: 31st May 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Thriller, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized
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As I may have mentioned, I’ve got a novel coming out in August published by Champagne Books.  TOXIC RELATIONSHIP is a thriller with a humorous twist set in the Hill Country of Texas.  My protagonist, Nick Sibelius, moves to the small Texas town of Pflugerville, turned Austin suburb, to set up a private investigation business, […]

So You Want to Get Published…

Posted: 11th May 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Publishing, Uncategorized
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A friend who is in the process of writing a non-fiction book asked me what it takes to get published.  I thought I’d share what I told her.  Call it another data point for anyone in the hunt for working with a publisher.  I also think most of this applies to self-publishing as well. 1. […]

A Boy and His Dog

Posted: 30th April 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Dogs, Life, Novel, Uncategorized
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I have a constant writing companion who keeps me in the present, offers positive support day and night, stands by me on the good days when I’m writing like a demon and on those days where I just can’t seem to shift into gear, hangs out with me while I work, takes walks to clear […]

Fear Is The Door To Possibility

Posted: 18th April 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Uncategorized
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William Kenower spoke at a recent Pacific Northwest Writers Association about the myths that keep us from writing.  He’s a very good engaging, fun speaker.  And he has been blogging about writing for a number of years now, regularly interviewing writers of all genres and measures of success.  The bottom line of his presentation is […]

Where’s the Line? Limits to Language, Sex and Violence in YA Novels

Posted: 9th April 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Digital Media, Novel, Publishing, Uncategorized, YA
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As an author writing a YA novel I face the conundrum of determining how much graphic sex, violence and profanity my characters will experience in the course of the story.  YA presents a challenge because you’re dealing with a broad spectrum of intellectual and emotional capacity to understand what is being presented.  The distance between […]

Avoid the Trope Cliche

Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Science Fiction, Teleportation, Tropes
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I recently caught the movie Jumper on cable (2008) — a bit of Hollywood fluff. One of those movies you tell people to wait for it to come out on DVD. Then out of curiosity, I picked up the novel used as the basis for the movie screenplay, Jumper by Steven Gould. Actually, the word […]

Is Your Writing Sculpture or Skupper?

Posted: 23rd May 2011 by Richard Hacker in Uncategorized
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Sol LeWitt American, born 1928 Four-Sided Pyramid, 1999 I visited Washington DC last week and, as usual, took the opportunity to visit the Mall and some of my favorite museums: The American History Museum, Air and Space Museum, Museum of Art and a stroll through the Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. A mom with her […]

Another Blog? Who Do You Think You Are?

Posted: 4th May 2011 by Richard Hacker in Creativity
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I have tossed the idea of a blog around for awhile — okay, at least a year. I’ve been hesitant to pull the trigger because I look out in the ‘webiverse’ and see thousands and thousands of blogs. So the real question has been, if I’m going to blog, what exactly will I blog about. […]

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