Tag Archives: Stories

The real reason more adults are reading YA

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

I’m an aerospace engineer who for 40+ years worked at the edge of the state of the art in several areas.  I’m always interested in new technological innovations – after all, I’ve helped create some of them.  And continue to … Continue reading →

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Can you handle the long haul?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Quick success is very very rare.  In any field of endeavor. It DOES happen.  So beginners study those cases obsessively.  Hoping that they will find the secret ingredient, the magic method, the coming trend. Careful studies of those cases have … Continue reading →

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Writing accurate female characters

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

What specifically do we need to do to write accurate female characters?  Here are some suggestions. Notice that I qualify most statements.  And you must intuit the existence of qualifications if I don’t make them explicit.  Generalities usually have lots … Continue reading →

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New Yorker fiction is for the Over-The-Hills

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

I’ve been sampling the famed New Yorker magazine for maybe a year now.  I’ve been impressed by their monthly short story.  Negatively impressed. They all seem to target continued here.

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“The Primal Story” added

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

How many basic stories are there? Some have said 36, 9, 22, 101, and several other numbers. In fact there is only one, with infinite variations. Continue reading →

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web site online

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

This web site is now online. It covers all of Laer Carroll’s writing.

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