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Robb Grindstaff

Dec 11, 20202 min read

Oreos and stories

When my daughter, who's now an adult, was little, I read a bedtime story to her every night without fail. It became our routine, a dad...

Robb Grindstaff

Sep 23, 20173 min read

Self-narration and the self-aware narrator: Part 2 of 2

Self-narration I make a distinction between the self-aware narrator and self-narration. The two go hand-in-hand, but aren’t exactly the...

Robb Grindstaff

Sep 22, 20172 min read

Self-narration and the self-aware narrator: Part 1 of 2

Narrative self-awareness Narrative self-awareness is a frequent issue in first-person manuscripts from clients or potential clients. For...

Robb Grindstaff

Aug 14, 20175 min read

Ellie's Head: A micro-novel

Ellie's Head was originally written in 2009 as part of a contest to write a 'Facebook Fictionette' back in the days when posts on...

Robb Grindstaff

Apr 28, 20174 min read

That which confounds us…

I received my copyedited manuscript back from my publisher, and am proud to say that it was VERY clean, except that I seem to completely...

Robb Grindstaff

Jul 3, 20160 min read

Military terms and style in fiction: Get them right