The Scribophile Writing Blog
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Spilled Lightning From a Bottle
by Brandon Nolta • 4 comments
Note to self: When you snag that fiery light of inspiration and commit to paper, make sure you keep a backup.
Presumably, if Jorge Luis Borges’ Library of Babel really existed in the shadows on a cave wall world we call reality, there would be a complete copy of Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood som...
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Warming Up for Halloween
by Brandon Nolta • 6 comments
I miss scary fiction. There’s something to be said for a story that comes right at you with no other intention than to force the reader or viewer up against the wall and shout “Boo!” Or even better, c...
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Process, Process
by Brandon Nolta • 5 comments
One of the troubles I have with writing fiction is that I have yet to develop a consistent process for starting. Like most writers, my Muse is not one to punch a time clock, nor is it one to deliver i...
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My Shelves Runneth Over
by Brandon Nolta • 8 comments
One of the best choices I ever made, as a reader, was to ditch the idea that reading for fun and reading for knowledge were somehow two separate beasts. Not only does that fallacy imply that you can’t...
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Working as a Blogger for Businesses
by Kathryn Vercillo • 10 comments
Although I do a variety of different types of freelance work, the majority of the writing that I do is as a blogger for businesses. I frequently have people ask me what this means. Although most peopl...
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