Viva Las Vegas

I spent the last week in Las Vegas.  Now, I’d never spent any time there before, and we weren’t staying at a hotel or casino, but with relatives.

Let me tell you, it was very different.

A Picture, or a Thousand Words?

Those of us who wish to be called “author” are charged with the task of using words to describe things both vividly and concisely.  It is beginning to dawn on me how much of an undertaking this really is.

Now, in fairness, there are plenty of good books out there that are vivid enough.  The action/plot/point of the book or story isn’t lost in the detail, but there’s enough detail left out that readers either fill in the blanks on their own, or aren’t fully seeped in the imagery.