Do you ever feel like the days seem to fly by faster the older you get? I wrote last year around this time about November being a busy month for me with lots of family birthdays, preparing holiday food to celebrate Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S., and my and my wife’s wedding anniversary. This … Continue reading Life’s Whirlwind
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For the Love of Short Stories
On the 20th last week, I celebrated with my dad his 91st birthday. I took him to lunch, then sat with him in his apartment and talked about the past: “The Good Ol’ Days” as many people who lived in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s tend to call those decades. He grew up in a … Continue reading For the Love of Short Stories
Discovery, Surprise, and Fun When Writing
I am neither a plotter nor a pantser when I write my books, yet I do both. Plotters blueprint their stories with outlines; pantsers don’t. Authors who don’t outline, “walk with their characters and listen to what they have to say,” to paraphrase William Faulkner. As a mostly-writes-short-stories author, I don’t outline my plots but … Continue reading Discovery, Surprise, and Fun When Writing
Sunshine Blogger Award Nomination
Thanks to Joseph Glidden at https://josephglidden.com/ for the nomination. I haven’t received a blogging nomination in over a decade, so this was a surprise. From 2011 to 2013, I received several award nominations for my blog, as you can see in the photo montage below. Awards were popular when I began at WordPress in January … Continue reading Sunshine Blogger Award Nomination
Books Page
As I promised last year, I’m bringing back my books page to the Steve Campbell Creations website but giving each book its own page. Right now, I have only one book on the market, and that’s Night of the Hell Hounds and Other Stories from the Ridgewood Chronicles. Other books are coming and will have … Continue reading Books Page
Fourteen Years
I clicked into my WordPress account early this morning and saw a message that I’ve been “flying” with them for fourteen years. This version of my blogging life known as Steve Campbell Creations has only been around since 2022. Before it, my blog Art ~ Writing ~ Life ran for many years after it replaced … Continue reading Fourteen Years
Free eBook Reminder
In celebration of my birthday today, I’m giving away my ebook Night of the Hell Hounds and Other Stories from the Ridgewood Chronicles all day long. If you like stories about ghosts, witches, mysterious creatures, and magic, check out my book. There are 24 short stories in it, and they include both teenager and adult … Continue reading Free eBook Reminder
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