50,000 Words of Thanks
Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last week right now. If you’re not familiar, the challenge of NanoWrimo is to write a novel —…
Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last week right now. If you’re not familiar, the challenge of NanoWrimo is to write a novel —…
When I was a kid, sometime before the Punic Wars, Halloween was a modest and homespun affair. It took us maybe a week to plan and execute, including making a costume and carving a pumpkin and buying a bag of…
I am gobsmacked and delighted to have had one of my short-short stories chosen to be read at this year’s Lucky Shorts performance in Napa, CA. Two years ago, I was honored to appear on their stage myself to read…
At our small town’s single transfer print shop, the owner hefts a large paper bag across the counter toward me. It contains a print-out of my current writing project, a novel. I take it home and shove it into a…
I’m late to the party again, but this month’s TMAT120 prompt from the lovely and talented Joelle at Two On A Rant is, “Tell me about your cure for writers’ block.” To review, the challenge is to respond in 120 words, which…