Author Archives: Jeff Salter
Classic, Classic
Who Wants to Rewrite a Classic? By Jeff Salter Topic: If asked to rewrite/modernize a classic novel, which one would I want to adapt? This week’s topic was a real struggle for me. While I have, indeed, read and studied … Continue reading
WW2 Memoir That’s a Modern Military Classic
Review of Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald By Jeff Salter Though I purchased this volume when I was enrolled in a military book club many years ago, it didn’t reach the top of my TBR stack until recently when … Continue reading
Different Time, Different Place
Staying Inspired When Writing in a Place / Time I’ve Never Experienced By Jeff Salter Topic: How do you stay inspired to write a story set in a time and/or place that’s totally different from where you are? I thought … Continue reading
Back in Time
Visits with Ancestors By Jeff Salter Topic: Is there a certain ancestor that you wish you could travel back in time to spend a year with? What do you hope to learn? Why that relative? As our Monday Fox noted, … Continue reading
When Manual Meant Labor
Typing the Old-School Way By Jeff Salter Not sure why this came to mind, but I was recently thinking about typing speeds. Remember the typing tests with those odd paragraphs you’d have to type as fast as you could with … Continue reading
Visits to the Past and Future
Albeit Very Short Ones By Jeff Salter Topic: Have you ever visited a part of the country where things were done as an older time, or were far more modern than you are accustomed? As a kid, our family vacations … Continue reading
Reviewing The Dogs of War
A Novel by Frederick Forsyth Review by Jeff Salter Premise of the novel: “A British mining executive hires a group of mercenaries to overthrow the government of an African country so that he can install a puppet regime that will … Continue reading
My name is Jeff
…and I’m a Procrastinator By Jeff Salter Topic: To what degree does procrastination affect your writing projects? Do you have any theories about WHY you procrastinate on certain projects… or at certain periods? I found several great-looking links to articles … Continue reading
Only One for the Money
…Only One for the Show? [How to Select only ONE of My Titles for the Screen] By Jeff Salter Topic: If one – and only one – of your stories would be adapted for the silver screen, which ONE would … Continue reading
Size Most Certainly Matters
Excerpt # 2 from my novel, Size Matters By Jeff Salter Concept: Accidentally swallowing a mysterious pill from her eccentric scientist cousin, Emma Hobby shrinks to under a foot tall. When she resumes normal size, she must track down her … Continue reading
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