Taking a Break
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but sometimes my life feels like work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep. With the shutdown here in California, there are not a lot of places you can go out to for …
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but sometimes my life feels like work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep. With the shutdown here in California, there are not a lot of places you can go out to for …
Back on January 17th, I listed some goals I wanted to achieve in 2021. It’s about the end of the first quarter of the year, so let’s see how I’m doing: 2021 Goals Finish my second steampunk screenplay. This includes …
I had my ProCritique with an Editor. I signed up for this before the last conference. I also signed up for a ProCritique with an agent. I wanted to get the point of view of both an editor and an …
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My church, Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, had its first Men’s Breakfast of the year. It’s always a blessing to fellowship with other men, but it’s a double blessing for me. I love to cook. I do all the cooking …
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As I’ve been writing, I’ve been attending the California Creative Writing Conference for the past two weekends, February 26th to March 6th. Yesterday I attended Debra Eckerling’s panel, “If you are an Author, Why Aren’t You Blogging?” I’ve been blogging …
Sat. Feb. 27, 4:45pm. “World Building: Are you ready to play God?”. Looks like I’m moderating that one, so I’ll be there. I’ve moderated this one before. It’s a fun topic. That was another successful panel. Better than the first …
The CCWC begins this Friday at 6:00 pm. Here is the full schedule http://www.wcwriters.com/ccwc/program.html This will be a virtual event on Zoom and like the last one, it will go on for nine days. With a full schedule on the …
One of my goals for the year was to try a new recipe each month. So far, I’ve tried three. From the above picture, you can see my new meatloaf recipe already has a fan. Well, two fans. My wife …
Tonight, I’m working on sending in the beginning of my novel for two ProCritiques at the upcoming California Creative Writers Conference. One to an editor and one to an agent. The deadline is February 14th, but each critiquer has a …
I’ve always had an interest in science fiction going back to “Astro Boy” and “Fireball XL-5”. When I grew up, I attended the USC School of Cinema/Television Production with the intent of working in television someday. But for the time …