Wanted to drop something here about my upcoming appearance in ONE WEEK at the 2015 Pikes Peak Writers Conference at the Colorado Springs Marriott April 24th through 26th. I’m on faculty again this year and will be doing a lot of podcasting...
Once upon a time, there was a show I shouldn’t have cared about. At all. It had no space stuff, no monsters, none of the kinds of things that normally drew me to a tv show. It was about a mother and her daughter living in a small town...
I don’t remember where I got these cards, but they’re kinda nifty. I have exactly 4 of them. I have looked for more cuz they’re just so darn neat, but apparently the series or game or whatever went off in other directions and...
I like the dynamics of the improv group. We meet, eat, toss some prompts down and see where our brains take us. Pressure? Sure – but it’s the good kind. Gets your blood pumping, your imagination churning. I love when we all write...
Another Writing Journal, another bit from one of my Improv meetings. This one, My brain just wanted to do dialogue, so that’s what I did. Prompt: Keyhole, emotion: upset, crying, angry, open treasure chest “What is your problem?” “My...
Wow. it has been a long time since I last wrote anything for my Writing Journal! I owe you a longer post, but for now I thought I’d share some more writing from my improv group. We meet once a month, everyone brings some prompts, and we...
Sometimes, getting my brain to shut down is really hard. Take last night, for example. For whatever reason, when my head hit the pillow, my brain said, “Nope! Not gonna happen!” and I tossed and turned for another 2 hours. Blargh...
Continuing with the improv group writing today. The rules are simple; everyone brings a prompt, something to start eh writing process. You get your prompt and you write for five, ten or fifteen minutes depending on the prompt itself. At the end...
Continuing with the improv group writing today. The rules are simple; everyone brings a prompt, something to start eh writing process. You get your prompt and you write for five, ten or fifteen minutes depending on the prompt itself. At the end...
I mentioned that I’ve recently joined an improv writing group. I’ve decided to share a couple of the raw pieces here on the blog over the next couple weeks. The rules are simple; everyone brings a prompt, something to start eh...
I recently joined an improv writing group. The rules are simple; everyone brings a prompt, something to start eh writing process. You get your prompt and you write for five, ten or fifteen minutes depending on the prompt itself. At the end of...
Rather than a writing journal today, I thought I’d share a chapter from a novel I’ve been working on. Well, re-working on. I’ve changed it up based on feedback from one of my critique groups, and some comments on twitter and...
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