Time to Check in on My Goals
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 …
Two Cool Things Happened Last Weekend. Here’s Number Two:
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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Two Cool Things Happened this Weekend. Here’s Number One:
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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I Must be Doing Something Right
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 …
Yet another fifteen minutes of fame.
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 California Creative Writing Conference
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 …
Kicking it up a Notch
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 …
…And speaking about sacrifices…
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 …
Oh, the Irony.
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 …
The Good, the Bad and the Rewrites.
I have mentioned many times that the Critique groups are the most valuable part of my GLAWS membership. The education you get from Special Speaker Events and Writer Conferences are important to your growth as a writer, but eventually you …