Words in Place

One of the many things most writers have in common—besides juggling time, getting blocked, finding a publisher—are the aches and pains ...

My Kirkus review for What Came Before is in and though I seriously considered not publishing it (when you pay $400 dollars for a review, th...

Jayne Martin offers up a challenge this morning to get us writing after the long weekend.  (There was a weekend?)   Per Jayne: The ch...

This article is reprinted from Flash Fiction Chronicles . It appeared during the NBA play-offs in 2012. I don't remember which game it w...

Robert Swartwood, the USA Today bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife , The Calling, and Man of Wax asks some good questio...

Have your been wondering about Chapter 1 of my suspense novel?   Here's a taste of  What Came Before !   Available for purchase in ha...

Although the official launch date for  What Came Before  hardcover gift edition is Monday, April 7, both Barnes and Noble and Amazon...

That's right. WCB has been up at Every Day Novels now for four weeks, moving into week five.  And if you don't know what I'm ...

Susan Tepper tagged me in a recent merry-blog-go-round about writing process, but having been tagged by someone else I decided to come u...

“My Writing Process” is a series of blog posts in which authors ‘tag’ each  other to answer questions about their work. Stephen V. Ramey as...

by me and reblogged from Valarie Kinney's Organizing Chaos and Other Misadventures In February, I spent the five days in the beautif...

 This is a reprint from an interview I had with Kathy Fish for Flash Fiction Chronicles, published June 6, 2012. One of the first na...

I can't believe this is actually happening!!  I'm flying high (both literally right now on Alaska Airlines in a Boeing 737) and me...

Stefanie Freele ’s collection, Surrounded by Water , contains stories with strong, often lyrical, language and believable, down-to-earth ...

Gloria Garfunkel interviews me about my story cycle for Pure Slush's 2014 A Year in Stories . *  Gay Degani  The Storm January 20 ...

mint science video feline god  55 words The Faithful  Video cameras around the Washington Mint are gods to the feline population a...