Burrrrgurrrs!!!
Okay, I’m not the kind of person that always posts pictures of the food they eat, but I have to make an exception. For the second week in a row, Baby’s Badass Burgers’ food truck stopped on my route home. …
Author: Dennis Cherry
What I’ve been reading: DC Superhero Girls at Metropolis High
Writer and educator Art Holcomb has said you should read ten times as much as you write. While I understand that from an educational perspective, I just don’t have the time. I’ve been reading “What Jane Austen Ate and Charles …
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What a Week I’m Having
Its been a busy week, but a great week. The West Coast Writers Conference was not only the weekend of Friday, August 7th through Sunday, August 9th, but went through the entire following week and ended Saturday, August 15th. That’s …
My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
I spent this weekend at the West Coast Writers Conference – virtually. It was a new experience for all of us. There were a few technical glitches, but it all went pretty well. There was a lot to learn. I’m …
Prepping for my Premier
I have been to over a dozen writers conferences, volunteering at most of them. I have done everything from stuffing swag bags to assisting in sound. This Friday, August 7th, is the start of the 26th Greater Los Angeles Writers …
Sometimes it’s Fun to Beat Up Your Bad Guy
This week I wrote an emotional scene featuring my protagonist’s mentor. My good guys had just been through a harrowing fight scene with my bad guy, then through a miscommunication, my protagonist almost loses a limb. Afterwards, in the calm …
3,444 more words.
Last week I wrote that my goal would be to write 3,000 words a week until my novel was done. I actually wrote 3,444 words. Not bad consider we were dealing with a roach problem at the time. Who wants …
20,000 words (and one Star Destroyer) under the belt.
Tonight I am finishing my ten straight days away from work. It was a great vacation. I didn’t go anywhere, there’s no where to go right now. But I got up late every day, wrote and reached my goal of …
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Write on, Brother, Write on!
I had four events scheduled in April, all of them were cancelled. So, I’ve just been accumulating vacation time at work. With the 4th of July coming up I thought I’d take a week off and have ten straight days …
Pizza! Pizza!
Couldn’t wait for the weekend, went Tuesday. I had the Hawaiian Heat, Kris had the BBQ Chicken. Of course, we both had some of each. Still kinda empty in there. Next culinary stop: Tres Toros? Outback? Farmer Boys? Taco Bell? …