by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I’ve finally pinned down pen name for myself for my fiction writing: Wyeth Quinn. Selecting a pen name is no easy task. It needs to be unique, relatively easy to spell, and have both domain name and Twitter handle availability. It also needs to “feel” right. I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
Here are three books I reread at least once every year: The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.On Writing Well, by William Zinsser.Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark. Combined, they cover most of what I need to know to become a solid journeyman in...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
Here are several definitions of the word “passion.” As a count noun: any strong, controlling, or overpowering emotion, as desire, hate, fear, etc.; an intense feeling or impulse.As a mass noun: strong or overpowering feeling or emotion.A fit, outburst, or...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I am driving two-three hours to a small Writers Conference in Centralia Washington this weekend (Southwest Washington Writers Conference) over back-to-back days. Is it worth it? You bet. Apart from being a smaller conference—which has the advantage of a low...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
Blogging via open source software such as WordPress offers many benefits to a writer, but the power of WordPress blogging in a free country is this: You are the creator, the editor, and the publisher of your content. You determine its quality and quantity—for better...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
A challenge I’m having right now is focusing and completing one of my nonfiction writing projects. I have several at various stages of completion: some at the conceptual stage, some at the outline stage, and two with several thousand words already written. Yet...
