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, …
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 …
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, …
Next week, I will be reviewing my goals for the first quarter of 2023. I’m doing pretty good in most categories, except one, which is arguably the most important one. My writing. I should have finished chapter three of my …
The latest California Creative Writers Conference was recently held over two consecutive weekends. It started on Friday afternoon, 3/3/23, then all day Saturday and Sunday, then in the afternoons Monday through Wednesday. This was the virtual part of the conference …
Starting a new novel can be intimidating, but also exciting. And it’s one of my major goals of the year: Write a new novel and write a new screenplay. While I’m still working on trimming my second steampunk screenplay, it …
This blog is going to be short. I’ve been at the Digital Authors and Indie Publishing virtual conference all weekend, and it will continue throughout the week in the evenings. Here are some of the highlights so far: Sat. 10:00am …
How it All Starts I start off my Thursday afternoon as I always do. I drop off my client to his therapist and hit the local Yogurtland to grab my favorite chocolate obsession and do some writing. I used to …
As I have been mentioning, my critique group has now gone over my entire script for my second steampunk story. I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback, both in the Zoom meetings and in written notes. At 165 pages, I …
I’m working through, “Your Goal Guide”, be Debra Eckerling. http://thedebmethod.com/yourgoalguide/ And I say “working through” because there are exercises, meditations, keeping a journal, etc. It’s one of the twelve books I want to read this year, but it’s one that …