On Writing
Notes on writing and writing-related topics. I post about my writing style and process and I write about writers I admire. I also regularly review and talk about techniques I’m learning to use in my writing. You can also read my series on writing Great Fantastical Fiction here (now published as a short book). You can also read my posts about writing on my Goodreads page. You can subscribe for regular updates.
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Notes about Writing
- Flight: New Novel (Preview)
- The October Country
- Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
- The Hobbit (published 87 years ago today!)
- RIP: My friend Steve Silberman
- Willow Springs: Short Fiction Prize Winner
- Seven Deaths: Memoir In Progress
- The Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
- Poem: Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America
- Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
- AI - Thoughts and Speculations regarding Books & Copyright (by Adam Neville)
- In Memoriam: Cormac McCarthy
- Poem: May, by Mary Oliver
- Poem: Spring, by Mary Oliver
- On Romance
- Poem & Eulogy: Charles Simic
- Hamlet as a Christmas Play
- Poem: Good Bones by Maggie Smith
- Supporting Clarion West with a Book Edit
- Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
- Poem: Blackberry-Picking, by Seamus Heaney
- Theater: Exodus Easter Vigil
- Poem: The Well Rising, William Stafford
- MLK Day: A Langston Hughes Poem
- Poem: In Memoriam, bell hooks
- Poem: Thanks - W.S. Merwin
- Halloween: Twelve Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
- Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
- Poem: Do You Consider Writing to be Therapeutic?
- Poem: August, Mary Oliver
- Poem: George Floyd -- by Terrance Hayes
- The Eagle Tree: Kindle April Sale
- Poem: The Hill We Climb, Amanda Gorman
- MLK Day: A Langston Hughes Poem
- Poem: Journey of the Magi (Read by T.S. Eliot)
- On Writing: Technique & Characterization in John le Carré
- The Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
- Remembering Brian Doyle
- Poem: Invictus
- Poem: Good Bones by Maggie Smith
- Twelve Terrifying Two Sentence Stories
- The October Country
- Poem: New Year
- Nabakov's Writing Process
- KING DONALD: a comedy?
- Poem: Darkness
- Song: Build A House -- Juneteenth Song from Rhiannon Giddens featuring Yo-Yo Ma
- Poem: George Floyd -- by Terrance Hayes
- Poem: Bouquet by Lucille Clifton
- Poem: what they did yesterday afternoon, by Warsan Shire
- Easter Vigil: River of Words
- Poem: A Litany in Time of Plague
- Poem: Full Moon, March 2020
- The Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
- Poem: Journey of the Magi (Read by T.S. Eliot)
- Poem: America, I Sing Back
- Shakespeare's Witches for Halloween
- On Writing: Technique & Characterization in John le Carré
- The October Country
- Poem: New Year
- In Memoriam: Poet Jane Mead
- THE MUELLER REPORT - Live On Stage
- Mueller Report: Art Tells The Truth
- The Washington Center to host live 8-hour reading of the Mueller Report
- In Memoriam: Toni Morrison
- Shakespeare's The Tempest Storms Into Olympia's Port Plaza
- The Tempest at the Port Plaza
- The Tempest at Olympia's Port Plaza: Announcing Cast and Crew
- Book Recommendation: The Gifts We Keep
- History of the Space Shuttle - Development
- Special Preview of a New Novel: The Real World of Jasper Hunter
- Sinful Folk: Spanish Language Edition
- Poem: The Present, W.S. Merwin
- MLK Day: A Langston Hughes Poem
- In Memory of Mary Oliver
- The Iraq Incantation -- An excerpt from the novel Wilderness of Mirrors
- New Tana French Book Review
- Halloween: Twelve Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
- Poem: American Journal
- Poem: The Trees, Philip Larkin
- The Writing Sings
- Poem: If You Forget Me, Pablo Neruda
- Top Actors to Perform The Eagle Tree on Stage at Lakewood Playhouse
- On Writing: Where And How I Write
- Poem: Bumblebees Are Made of Ash
- Poem: Ligament
- On Writing: About Moral Gravity and Pleasure and "Comfortable" Writing (and Stephen King)
- Poem: Station
- In Search of Doors: V.E. Schwab
- Kindle Scout Success Story: Ned Hayes
- Poem: The Trees
- On Writing: What We Talk About When We Talk About Genre
- Poem: Don't Go Into the Library
- Poem: The Continuous Life, Mark Strand
- On Writing: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
- On Writing: Telling a Story
- Poem: My Story in a Late Style of Fire
- Can Art Save a Life? (Rothko and Pollock)
- Poem: Hibernation, Warming
- Poem: Let America Be America Again
- Celebrating Tim Powers
- Poem: A Woman Speaks
- On Writing: Withholding the “True” Story in Toni Morrison's Beloved
- Poem: won’t you celebrate with me
- Poem: For My People
- On Writing: Becoming a Deeper Reader
- Poem: Middle Passage
- Poem: Lyric for a day like today
- Poem: Phenomenal Woman
- Ursula Le Guin
- Poem: Love after Love
- New Chinese Book Translation: The Eagle Tree
- On Writing: Realistic Magic in Tim Powers & John Bellairs
- Winter Reading
- Classified: Operation Sleigh Ride
- Poem: Mercy
- Huffington Post - Winter Reading (Sinful Folk)
- Storytelling as a Calling: A Book Love Note
- TED Talk: Balancing Life in Writing and Tech
- Was Hemingway Right? Write Drunk, Edit Sober
- The Wonder of Lichens: A Resource List
- Holy Trinity: An Eagle Tree Story
- New SINFUL FOLK book translations - in French, German, Italian
- Book Club Guide
- Feature on Ned Hayes and The Eagle Tree - Amazon Transformations
- Words Matter: 15 Seconds of Truth
- Eagle Tree On Stage: An Interactive Evening with Author Ned Hayes and Actor Friends
- An Interactive Evening with Ned Hayes and Friends
- Endorsements - The Eagle Tree
- A Narrator with an Unusual Voice - An Interview with Author Ned Hayes
- The Eagle Tree
- At the Mountains of Madness -- H.P. Lovecraft (for Halloween)
- The Stand -- Stephen King
- Bride of the Rat God -- Barbara Hambly
- Death of the Necromancer -- Martha Wells
- Horns -- Joe Hill
- Carrie -- Stephen King
- Last Days -- Adam Nevill
- The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
- Poem: New Year
- The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All -- Laird Barron
- Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
- Research - New Novel
- Happy Hour of the Damned - Mark Henry
- President Obama and Marilynne Robinson
- The Ruins - Scott Smith
- Salem's Lot - Stephen King (classic horror)
- Shadowland - Peter Straub
- The Necromancer's House -- Christopher Buehlman
- The Ritual - Adam Nevill
- Author Reading - THE EAGLE TREE
- Birdbox -- Josh Malerman
- A Reader's Manifesto
- Stress of Her Regard - Tim Powers - One Breath Book Review
- Eagle Tree - Research
- Review -- BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman
- Citations for Writing Fantasy Series
- Review - Ready Player One
- On Writing: All Topics Must Converge -- (Part 6 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- On Writing: Working Magic by Implication -- (Part 5 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- On Writing: The Sorcery of Withholding -- (Part 4 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- On Writing: Grounding Magic in Reality -- (Part 3 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- On Writing: Character Matters in Fantasy -- (Part 2 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- On Writing: An Introduction & Techniques -- (Part 1 - How to Write Fantasy Fiction)
- Poem: Praying with one eye open
- Poem: Elegy
- Poem: Advice
- Poem: Transfiguration
- Thank you for a great year in publishing!
- Requiem for Mark Strand
- Free Read -- The Monument -- Preview of Wilderness of Mirrors
- Sinful Folk: A Medieval Mystery Most Noir
- Re-blogging: Kurt R.A. Giambastiani -- "Writer, Present Tense"
- Monument -- for Veteran's Day
- Book Review - The Death of the Necromancer
- Review - Necromancer's House
- Masters of Disguise: Women Who Lived as Men
- All Hallows Read
- October writing fun... pre-order "Sanctuary"
- Twelve Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
- Publishing in an Era of Change
- Review - Necromancer's Bones
- Review - Bride of the Rat God
- On Writing: Telling a Story
- Ned Hayes - Writing Process
- Author Talk: Part 2 (BookLikes)
- New Perspective: Theology and Storytelling
- Author Talks: Ned Hayes, Part One (Booklikes)
- Historical Fiction - Tele-Seminar on Writing [FREE] - March 4
- Rothko: How Art Saved a Life
- Writing by Hand
- Seattle Wrote: Seattle Author: Writing a Truthful Representation of a 14th Century Story
- SINFUL FOLK Illustrator NIKKI MCCLURE on Art and How it works
- Trade Secrets: What It Means to be a Writer
- What Really Matters - One Mother’s Story
- Poem: Paradise Lost - a contemporary adaptation
- Gay marriage plight plays out on Olympia stage
- OLYMPIA’S OWN STARS COME OUT FOR “8” THE PLAY
- Glossolalia: Collected Poems
- Capital Playhouse building for future
- Easter Vigil: Well of Promise
- New Weird Fiction, OntoTheology & Cultural Memes: PhD Dissertation Proposal
- Milton's descendants among actors for 'Paradise Lost'
- Paradise Lost on Stage
- An Elegy: Believing in Michael Dorris
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