I have been doing both. It has always been a firm belief of mine that you can't write – or write well, anyway – if you don't read. And I'm not talking about magazines – c'mon, people, we...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2012/09/reading-and-writing-basics.html
It has been a very long time since I posted here – so much has happened, and when stuff starts to snowball, you just get overwhelmed. I loved seeing the book in print, and of course, that took ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-update-at-last.html
I started this blog years ago when my short story of the eponymous title was first published in the Sisters in Crime anthology, LANDMARKED FOR MURDER . I meant it to be for writers and writing ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-doesnt-take-genius-no-really.html
Human beings tend to fear the things they don't know, and that is often sensible, given the lurking dangers that confronted our distant ancestors. But sometimes we need to examine carefully the t...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/10/inhuman-condition-by-kate-thornton.html
WRITING NEWS Okay, I am officially thrilled - my new book, INHUMAN CONDITION TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, published by Denouement Press, is out! It is available here at AMAZON.COM and at ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/10/inhuman-condition-is-now-available.html
NEWS FLASH! THE BOOK IS GOING TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 15TH, BUT TODAY I GOT MY PROOF COPY! And except for a few minor corrections (which is why we get proofs) it is exactly what I thought it wo...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/09/inhuman-condition-tales-of-mystery-and.html
...working on my new book, INHUMAN CONDITION, TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION. (Here's the artwork that will appear on the cover:) I just signed a contract with Wolfmont Press , and publica...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-not-painting-im.html
Since the garage remodel took a left turn, the painting studio has temporarily disappeared. But not to worry - my back patio is a fabulous place to paint. The weather is gorgeous, the plants, umb...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/06/short-stories-and-no-painting.html
WRITING, PAINTING, FUN I thought I was all set as a writer and painter. They sound like nice, quiet pursuits in the easy time of life, don't they. Wrong. My studio disappeared - actually it ...
NEWS FLASH! I JUST GOT THE THE SCA PROJECT GALLERY STORE BLOG UP & RUNNING - PLEASE STOP BY FOR STORE INFO AND UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS. I HOPE TO SHOWCASE A DIFFERENT ARTIST EACH WEEK - I KNO...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2010/03/sca-project-gallery-store-blog-is-up.html
MY BELOVED DOG, TYPPEE She was a Poodle-Something mix, blonde like me, and - also like me - with one gimpy leg.We sorta looked like the dog-human match that you see in cartoons, both of us limp...
WRITING STUFF – LOOKING INTO THE TRUNK AGAIN AND ADVICE FOR NEWBIE WRITERS FROM A GUEST BLOGGER A SECOND LOOK INTO THE TRUNK I pulled out a couple of "trunk novels" – you know, those th...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/11/taking-second-look.html
I first published this post in 2006 - but it holds up well. And here also is a reprint of a story I wrote which was published in Every Day Fiction a few years ago, too. "Step forward now...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/11/veterans-day-2009.html
THE TOUGH PROJECTS AND THE PASSING OF HEROES PAINTING STUFF – THE TOUGH PROJECT I had the pleasure of meeting with Pomona College Museum of Art Montgomery Art Center ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ST...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/11/tough-projects-and-passing-of-heroes.html
A SHED AS A THING OF BEAUTY PAINTING STUFF - A NEW STUDIO FROM OLD STUFF Our 1955 Cliff May mid-century modern house is a delight to live in. But with Jerry's impending retirement, we nee...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/09/shed-as-thing-of-beauty-painting-stuff.html
NEWS FLASH! SHORT STORY WRITER PAINTS SELF INTO CORNER WRITING STUFF – TRUTH IS GREATER WITH FICTION I gave a very successful talk at the BURBANK PUBLIC LIBRARY last week – "WRITING ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/09/news-flash-short-story-writer-paints.html
BLOG FLASH - WRITING & ART STUFF Sometimes it just happens. I woke up this morning and painted for an hour, then wrote a 4 part flash fiction story, sent it off to a magazine and wrote some ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-flash-writing-art-stuff-sometimes.html
FICTION IN A FLASH AND PAINTING, UH, NOT SO FAST WRITING STUFF I placed three more flash fiction pieces with FLASHSHOT – no scheduled dates for publication yet, but look for these titles in Se...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/07/fiction-in-flash-and-painting-uh-not-so.html
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF PAINTING, ART, WRITING AND SURGERY I guess my twice-yearly update should be something momentous, but one of the reasons I have not updated since Apri...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/07/crime-and-punishment-last-few-months-of.html
FIRST, THE NEWS OF THE WEIRD: Okay, it's been a while since I updated the blog – mostly because so much has been happening and also because I forgot my password and Google makes it virtually...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/04/writing-painting-and-what-heck-was-that.html
NEW PAINTING DIRECTIONS GOING FROM DARK TO LIGHT... I have been painting in oil on canvas for more than a year - not long in the natural scheme of things, but long enough for me to have chang...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/03/painting-stuff-time-is-light.html
HOMAGE - IT'S NOT JUST FOR FILM MAKERS ANYMORE I was painting this morning and I had an idea - well, I had about six bazillion ideas, it's how I paint, but I had one that made me laugh. Yest...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/02/art-stuff-bunny-gunner-gallery-kicks.html
Okay – It's Just My Website I have several rinky-dink websites, one going back to 1997 or so – and they all cost me money, look terrible, don't provide you with much information about wha...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2009/02/writing-stuff-big-changes-coming.html
PAINTING AND WRITING AND WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE IDEAS ANYWAY? Okay, so I'm updating the blog every six months whether it needs it or not... In the past six months, I have been painting a lot ...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2008/08/painting-and-writing-and-where-do-you.html
WRITING STUFF: NON-FICTION FOR THE FICTION WRITER Every now and then I find myself researching details for a short story - you know, how tall the Empire State Building really is, what color th...
http://doesnt-take.blogspot.com/2008/02/writing-stuff-non-fiction-for-fiction.html