WoTF?
Yes, that Writer’s of the Future, or more specifically, the Writer’s and Illustrators of the Future Awards Dinner. For the fourth year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to this event. Kris decided not to join me as we …
Category: GLAWS
Writers and Illustrators of the Future
Thursday, May 25th was the annual Writer’s and Illustrators of the Future awards ceremony. It marked the 40th year of the writer’s award and the 35th year of the illustrator’s award. Unlike a previous year, I didn’t know any of …
LA Times Festival of Books
That is a picture of our booth before we set up. We got there Friday afternoon to set up for the weekend. The festival started on Saturday, April 20th at 10:00 am. As always, the USC Marching Band played to …
Tony N. Todaro
Tony N. Todaro Yesterday the GLAWS monthly event was a memorial for its President and Co-Founder, Tony N. Todaro. It was held at the Venice Pubic Library to a packed room. There were several speakers, starting with the host of …
The Return of GLAWS
Well, GLAWS never really went away, but it has been struggling since it’s president and cofounder, Tony Todaro, had a stroke and later passed away in December. Tony was a one-man show. His passion was writing and helping other writers …
Saying Goodbye
This is a blog I wish I didn’t have to write. The writing community lost a dear friend this week. Tony N. Todaro, cofounder and president of the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society passed away this past Tuesday, December 12th, …
Back At It
Personally, I don’t do writing prompts because I already have enough ideas I want to write. I’m working on my steampunk trilogy, which if it’s successful, I want to expand to about a dozen books. I got some stories I …
Paths of Writing
With Kris being out of work (see last week’s blog), she has been pursuing other means of income. One of them is writing in various forms. She is using her Patreon account to pursue her love of writing and generally …
One Man Show
People have this image of a writer spending his time locked up in his basement typing away. And while there is a lot of that – personally, sitting at my desk in the corner of my bedroom underneath my “My …
The D.E.P. (Derail Every Plan) Method
I’m in two critique groups, one for novels and one for screenplays. My novel group met yesterday and chapters 4 and 5 of my first steampunk novel were up. The great thing about being in a critique group is that, …