The Severed World is one the hardest things I have ever written and I love it more for that. I am proud of this story even if I recognize that some parts of it fall short of perfection in my own mind. I have a richly imagined world but worry that I didn’t see through…
Author: William C. Kiraly
The Queen, the Historian, and S’mores
Part 1 of 2 The two time travel stories in the book, the short story Times of Life and Death and the Novella The Severed World grew from one very humble writing prompt origin. But they grew into two of the most sprawling stories in the book and, I hope, will grow into a continuing…
Pizza in Space
Curved Space, the first story in Songs of a Befuddled Muse but it wasn’t the first one we did. “A Pizza delivery guy proposing to a spaceship captain“ It was a simple prompt and pretty easy to use the minimalist required elements. The fun came from trying to figure out why a spaceship captain would…
Befuddled Muse is all Jamie’s Fault
My daughter Jamie is the muse that kicked me in the butt to get me back into writing. My daughter Jamie is the muse that kicked me in the butt to get me back into writing. I have written all of my life. As a kid, I wrote as a way to deal with a…
Using Real People in Fiction
Is it okay to use real people as characters in your stories? This wasn’t an issue for me when I wrote the stories; I didn’t know then I would fall in love with them and want to publish them. But when I made the decision to publish the collection, I had to give some hard…
Truth in Absurdity
Everything ‘movie’ in my mind changed for me—all at once—recently. In truth, it wasn’t a huge change. But when I sat down and thought about, it was a telling change. I realized something both about the movies and stories I most love, find reflections in my own writing. For over twenty years, I have ranked…
Book Signing at Roxy’s Emporium
Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m.604 Middle Ave, Elyria, OH 44035 Join us for coffee, cookies and interesting discussion at a Book Signing at Roxy’s Emporium in Elyria on Thursday night, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. I’ll talk about where my ideas come from, what’s happening with my next book and I want to know…
No Protesters Were Injured…
No protesters were injured in the making of this photo which is a “tribute” to former president Trump. The Former Guy only makes a cameo in the book in Heart’s Desire. But in that story, as in real life, he inflicted unexpected pain on Hillary Clinton. In Heart’s Desire, written before the 2016 election, the…
Enthrallment of the Creative Mind
By Jamie Cohen-Kiraly Acrylic on Canvas Jamie’s painting from the Prompt “A writer loses the ability to distinguish reality from the fantastical worlds of his or her stories.” This painting hangs over my writing desk. This prompt became the story “A Day in the Life of the Great Space Explorer” in Songs of a Befuddled…
Young Girl from Bou Saada
This sculpture was the inspiration for Jamie’s painting and my story “The Offering” in the book Songs of a Befuddled Muse. Check out the book on Amazon for Print, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. Share This: