10 Works I Wish I Had Written
Sometimes I feel like December and January are the times all entertainment Web sites and writers set aside for creating lists. We drown in them; from movies, to books, to important people, etc. Lists...
View ArticleRelearning to Write
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has a theory of flow, which defines flow as “‘the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable...
View ArticleWriter’s Corner: Four Projects I Would Love to Adapt for the Silver Screen…
A few days ago I went through some of my old writing files on my computer seeing what jumps out at me and what inspires me today; and, for some unexplained reason, my mind began to think about film...
View ArticleWriter’s Corner: A Query Letter for Jane Austen
I always seem to be overtaken by a feeling of apprehension whenever I begin to consider the idea of contacting agents and publishers again. To begin with, it’s not like I feel like I am “selling out”...
View ArticleTalking About Some Deaths in Literature
Death is kind of on my mind a lot recently. My grandfather (who I wrote about here), died on February 9 and the loss of him and how it has impacted my every day thoughts had really made me think …...
View ArticleThe Horrors of High School English
For some reason I cannot explain I have become haunted by the ghosts of English classrooms past. I keep returning in my dreams to bad high school classrooms, once again sitting through a badly...
View ArticleScreenwriting 101: What Every Budding Film Writer Needs to Know
Film writing, creative writing’s least loved offspring. It gets so little respect from the other mediums. Well, just look at the movies—you may say—just look at how many bad ones are made each year!...
View ArticleThe Happy Anglophile
In my next life, I will be British. I know this is true right down to the fiber of my being. I will be sophisticated, I will look good in suits, I will enjoy tea and crumpets, I will understand …...
View ArticleSay Hello to Mr. DeVere, I Mean Shakespeare…
I don’t believe in conspiracies. Some people may think this is kind of lame of me, like I am some kind of party pooper; the dude that doesn’t want to clap his hands to bring Tinkerbell back in Peter...
View ArticleBraving Austen: Introducing My New Novel A JANE AUSTEN DAYDREAM
Jane Austen was one of my two Mount Everests. The other Mount Everest in my adventures as a writer was Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Yes, I just said Hamlet. See, I’ve always been obsessed with that play and...
View ArticleOn WKAR: Talking About Banned Books Week
I did something a little different this week in my appearance on WKAR’s Current State. Instead of sharing a new book review, I decided to take on the idea of Banned Books Week. I try to explain both...
View ArticleAnd Now the Back Flip! A Writing Update
Ah, my blog… How nice to be back. I’ve missed you. I feel like I am reopening the door of a room that has been shut for a while, wondering if I need to dust or vacuum. What’s funny about that is that...
View Article“Hey Jupiter” by Tori Amos
This is the seventh in my “With Music” series, where I look back at a point in my life through a song. The stories are diverse as the music I reference. The other entries included (with links to the...
View ArticleWhat I Have Planned With Shakespeare
Sometimes creativity can feel like you are caging a gorilla. Most days it will stay in its cage, happily eating a banana, maybe even doing sign language with the audiences, making everyone grin. But,...
View ArticleUses of this World: Prologue and Chapter 1
Prologue: Silent Home Movies Home movies at their heart capture loss- The family on the beach… The child taking the first step… The dance at a wedding… Each of these moments are lost immediately after...
View ArticleUses of this World: Chapter 2
Prologue and Chapter 1 Chapter 2: Teach You to Drink Everyone who is anyone in Europe knew Horatio. American playboy, scholar, dreamer, writer, and spoiled drunken rich brat… at least that is what the...
View ArticleUses of this World: Chapter 3
Prologue and Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3: Fear and Wonder The fog sat uneasy on the castle grounds. It was as if the very world did not like the events about to take place and wanted to hide it away...
View ArticleCatch up on the new online book- Uses of this World
Greetings readers! Why we all wait for the new Harry Potter book and tickets for Hamilton (seriously, I can’t wait to see that show, I’m addicted to the soundtrack), I’ve been working on a brand new...
View ArticleUses of this World: Chapter 4
Denmark 1926. The world is on a powder keg, the old world is in conflict with the new, still recovering from World War I. Jazz and flappers. Cocktails and parties. In this tumultuous time, the king of...
View ArticleUses of this World: Chapter 5
Denmark 1926. The world is on a powder keg, the old world is in conflict with the new, still recovering from World War I. Jazz and flappers. Cocktails and parties. In this tumultuous time, the king of...
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