John D Reinhart

You Can Guess the Rules

The game of “Why did you do it that way?” has no winners.

Icing but no Cake

Well, the deed is done: the book is read, the review of that single most important reader of all is in my hot little hands. Drat.

The Elevator Pitch

You’re a writer – you know how it goes. You work and work and pour your heart and adenoids into your project. And then someone asks “What’s it about?”

Trying to Write a Sequel

Founding a dynasty is a plenty robust task. But how can you become a world-famous writer on only one book? Sequels, my friend. It’s all about the sequels.

Acting Like a Writer

You’re a writer – you know how it goes. You work, work, work, and write and create and think and write and… wait a second, does that mean you ARE a writer?

Chipping Away at Perfection

Yvon Chouinard, the mastermind behind the Patagonia clothing company, used to quote somebody even more famous, but I forget who. I don’t suppose that’s the point…

It’s DONE!!!

You’re a writer, you know how it goes. You spend so much of your heart and soul and sleepy long hours into your rewrite, and then, IT’S DONE!

The Thing is, You Gotta Branch Out

I keep asking myself “what in heaven’s name are you doing?” To be honest, I haven’t a clue. But this much I know…

Mercury is in Retrograde

It’s a thing. Look it up. Go ahead, we’ll wait. Did you find it? It’s a thing! And it EXPLAINS a lot!

Surfin’ the Briny Blue

So, I’ve been on a strange odyssey, searching the world for pirate clothes. Yep. Clothes for pirates. But not for me.