This blog is going to look pretty funky for a few days–or maybe weeks or months. I’m in the process of trying to build a website around the blog, which seems like a good idea–but I’m not exactly sure how. So I’ll be experimenting with the whole thing, and hopefully not deleting seven years’ worth … Read more
I’m not just a writer of blog posts, I’m a reader. You know how (some) folks say that you should read more than you write? For the most part, that just doesn’t happen? When it comes to essays, short stories, screenplays, and my new-found interest, poetry, the ratio of write-to-read hours is vastly skewed toward … Read more
So here is a nice thing that has happened. 2013 MPW WRITING FOR STAGE AND SCREEN COMPETITION RESULTSThe initial reading committee and final judge for the 2013 MPW Writing for Stage and Screen Competition have made their final decisions. After much consideration, three scripts were selected by the final judge, Julia Cho (playwright, BFE, Durango, … Read more
I’ve mentioned the fairy tales class I’m taking, right? It was only five weeks long and this week is the last week. Right now I’m reading an essay by Aimee Bender called “Character Motivation.” She says, In Murakami’s short story “The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day,” the main character is a writer. In describing … Read more
Here is a story I wrote at the age of ten, called I WISH I WERE A DOG. I had completely forgotten this, and I have to say seeing it fresh, I was pretty impressed with my ten-year-old self. One sunny day a dog named Arto walked up the steps of the house he lived … Read more
Hey all, Just writing…er, outlining. This script is seeing some BIG changes–has me back to the cork board with index cards. In other news–heading to Indiana to touch home base for a week. July 5-12. Looking forward to some humidity. (That’s not sarcastic, I really am.)
I feel like a spend a lot of time on this blog writing about how a) anxious and b) divided I am as a writer. Although, it’s possible a lot of those posts are just in my head…. I thought for a change of pace I’d tell you about something cool I’ve gotten to see … Read more
A month or two ago, I think I mentioned that my blogging frequency was going to to decrease, and I promised to talk about why at a future date. That date has come! This isn’t the big topic of my post, but just to catch folks up– in the past few months there have been … Read more
My brain‘sin pain. It would like to go to Spain.
I want to write anything but you.