Out of Order
So, I recovered from my kidney stone and went back to work on Monday. On Tuesday I got a scratchy throat and was coughing a bit. Came home dead tired. That was the start of a cold. It wasn’t the …
Tag: Writing
From Wannabe Writer…
success in the asphalt road at the sunset
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 …
2022 Goals
My overall goal is to become a published author and start a career as a writer. This would then lead to my second goal to become a screenwriter. But realistically, having no track record as a screenwriter, a production company …
And the Winner is…
As a member of GLAWS, Kris and I were invited to this year’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. This is a worldwide contest for new writers and artists with the quarterly winners being published in the yearly …
Two Paths
In GLAWS there is always a lot of talk about different paths to publishing: Traditional, Indi, Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand, Kindle, etc. Ways of getting you work out there have become more diverse. Self-publishing used to be known as vanity publishing, but …
Coming Into the Home Stretch
The year has been passing by fast. Now that we are in October, we are crashing towards Christmas. Of course, the shutdown doesn’t help. With fewer places to go, one week seems pretty much like the others. There are fewer …
The Complicated Mechanics of Stress
No One Answer to a Complicated Subject Last week, we went over the question of stress affecting one’s creative writing. Speaking for my own personal life experience (which is the only point of view I can offer our readers) I …
Does Stress Affect Your Writing?
Stress vs Creative Writing – No One Wins When Dennis told me this morning he didn’t have any ideas on what to write about in this week’s blog, I immediately thought of something that would be a good topic to …
Send in the Clones
While looking on YouTube for Star Wars news, Kris came upon a series of videos by ArTorr. Part three is a very detailed breakdown of the animated TV series, “The Clone Wars”, which premiered on Cartoon Network, then moved to …
Stringing the Story Along
Thinking about the Writers Conference two weeks ago, I am reminded of something else I’m grateful to have learned about through GLAWS. But first, I need to backtrack a bit. Back when I was at the USC School of Cinema/Television, …