Last night I learned that my friend, Bob Spiller, lost his fight with pancreatic cancer. This news has hit me hard, and I’ve been dreading this day since his diagnosis.
Bob was a writing mentor of mine, and also my critique group partner. Later on, he was a client. Just now, it’s hard to say everything that he meant to me. So I thought perhaps I’d just let him speak for himself.
Before he was diagnosed, we started doing YouTube classes and it was loads of fun. I’m sure he would have taught 1000 more if he’d been able. The links are below.
Bob changed the trajectory of my writing when I was unpublished. I’m certain I wouldn’t have been published for another 10 years if not for him.
He taught me so much and I’m so glad that his words of wisdom will live on to teach others. He loved writers and he was always cheering them on. So let his videos do that for you.
He’d tell you to keep going and never give up.
He’d encourage you no matter where you’re at in your journey.
He’d never judge and he’d always have something funny to say about whatever situation you might be in.
I’m going to miss him.
And just like we talked about in the Fireside Chat last night, his footsteps will be echoing in my writing to come.
In our words, the footsteps of those we love will always echo and they will never die. That is their gift to us, and we are the memory keepers. So may we remember well. <3
Page Sculpting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5l1IpLP8hU
Evocation: How to Evoke Emotion in Your Readers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZkfLcLuQk
A New Way to Think About Show Don’t Tell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAuQadD7xzk
The Birth, Care & Feeding of Critique Groups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooft9Y1QY7s
Introducing Characters: 5 Methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FyM0g_tnFs