SNYDERMANIA

Who twitters? I thought teenagers twittered. My students appear to have every pocket sized piece of technology known to man and they’re enga...

ON WAKING UP AT 4:30 What’s it like to wake up a 4:30 in the morning? It sucks like a Chinese Algae Eater; that’s what it feels like to wake...

Quick, who is the least funny actor in world? The answer is, of course, Sean Penn. Some might say Penn was funny as Jeff Spicoli in Fast T...

Like untold millions of movie fans across the globe, I appreciate the work of Steve McQueen. But my connection with the king of cool runs de...

Emily Dickinson’s Much Madness is divinest Sense can, without much effort, can be sung to the tune of Gilligan’s Island . Really. I know th...

The Twilight Phenomenon What is the deal with Twilight? I just kicked my kids out of the house. Three of my daughters and two of th...

I’m beat. I laid some sod down in the back yard and it was murder on the hamstrings. Somehow I'll get through the pain. It was good to w...

Ouch! Here’s a picture my daughter took at a California Angeles spring training game last month. The batter is in the process of getting nai...

I’m looking forward to a night of TV time travel. I’ll start with an episode of Lost and follow up with an episode of Life on Mars. I’ve b...

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Thanks to my grandmother, whose maiden name was Margret McCormick, I can proudly claim twenty-five percent Irish...

“Dave Cruz (1979)” by W.Z Snyder © 2006 William Snyder It is 1979. I am nineteen and I am dating Cathy MacMurphy. Without doubt, I f...

The last five days are a fog. The book is up and running at 10,000 words and 51 pages. I’m still fighting back the rotten cold. I tried to g...

I’m En Fuego. I knocked another two thousand words today. I finished with a solid rush of writer’s high. The euphoria was still with me an h...

TWO THOUSAND MORE WORDS I banged out my two thousand words this morning. A new major character appeared in the story. I sure didn’t ...

James Patterson’s Advice on Writing I don’t think there are a lot of readable books out there. There are less than people think there are. I...