Several years ago, I wrote a blog stating very clearly that Star Wars was an epic fantasy and not a science fiction movie. I still hold to that. This here below is a very light, not in-depth accounting of why I believe it. So, I hope you had a very happy May the Fourth. Here's to one of my all-time favorite movies and fantasy worlds.

There have been several instances of writer's block over the last sixteen years. My way to deal with it is to write around the spot I'm stuck on. I'll get back to that scene in the next draft. My latest writer's block issue is book five of The Nikki Page Mysteries. Rather than write around the problems, I put the book aside after my publicist suggested I might be over Nikki Page. While I love the character, the purpose she served in my life is no longer needed. I am ready for something new. I...

Yes. You still need to create characters, places, and situations that are unique to that story. Or in my case, I wrote about the world I knew. A place I had lived for thirty years. Friends who read Nikki Page Mysteries recognized locations.