Kevin Fraleigh's Blog

Have you ever been told that your story needs more action?  That it needs a greater sense of urgency?  That your characters shouldn’t walk into a darkened room when there’s a psychopath loose? Well, I have taken all of those … Continue reading →

I had an interesting experience the other evening.  A cousin of mine, very much into genealogy, stopped by to visit my mother and talk to her about our family history.  Neither of us had been back to our old home … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago. Tom: “I bought your novel.  That Gustav Linder character looks really interesting.” Yesterday. Me: “So, Tom, did you finish reading my novel?” Tom: “No, I don’t really like science fiction.” Oh, well, a sale is a … Continue reading →

Everything you read will inform your writing style, but it will not determine your writing style.  Your writing style is one thing over which you have complete control.

One of my favorite quotes about writing is from that poet/songwriter/singer, Tom T. Hall in his classic ‘She Gave Her Heart To Jethro‘: A man’s not writing if he can’t relate, All the things that he sees in his life The … Continue reading →

My first series, compiled in a single e-volume, Any Tomorrow Complete, is selling again!  That makes me feel good.  It might not make me a millionaire (and from what I’ve seen of millionaires I’m not sure I’d even want to … Continue reading →

Some physicists who subscribe to the idea of a multiverse, suggest that there may have also been multiple big bangs.  Mightn’t it be possible that from these multiple existences and geneses a certain amount of crossover might have occurred?  This … Continue reading →

Question for today:  What happened before the Big Bang?  Everything must have come from something.  Even God came from something.  What do you think?

No matter how infamous or famous, rich or poor, good or bad, the world moves on.

“The priests would have you believe have you believe that life is linear, with no deviations or side trips.  Just birth to death to after-life, that’s it, with an eternity of waiting for whatever comes next.  Personally I don’t think … Continue reading →