Okay so the above is where I want to end and right now for the next 30 minutes, I’m just going to write to get how I felt that night off of my chest. I want to congratulate myself on…
Do People Really Change? My Thoughts on the Topic via Last Night’s ‘This is Us’ Episode
So often when I tell people I’m a writer, they want to know what books I read, or recommend. That’s never an easy question for me, because I don’t really read much. I’m more of a TV watcher. About 20…
Writing in the Absence of Light
They say figure out what you love to do and find a way to get paid for it…or something like that. I think it was Kathie Lee Gifford who said her father told her that. And I guess with this…
The Beauty of Failure
This is not the post I intended it to be. I planned on this being my inaugural interview post. You know, like I promised here all the way back in October. Man, I can’t believe it was that long ago….
The Beauty of Rediscovering an Old Short Story
I wrote a short story over 20 years ago, well, I started it over twenty years ago, and finished it about a year later. It was so long ago that I don’t even remember my writing process. All I remember…
And She Does Journalism Too
Have I told you lately that I’m a writer? I feel like someone could put together a compilation of all the times I’ve said I’m a writer, similar to the one that was done of Meghan McCain constantly saying, “my…
A Writer’s Doubts Get a Little Miracle
I’m a writer, plain and simple. I don’t like to use “aspiring” because, well, writing’s what I do. I’ve been doing it for years – for the majority of my life as a matter of fact – and I think…
How I Write: An Excerpt from a Movie Script I’m Working On
Before I get into how I write, I think it’s first important that I tell you about my creative-writing philosophy: I’m self-taught, and I don’t follow rules. I have never taken any creative writing classes, what’s more, I am totally…
The Scene from My Screenplay (In Progress) Inspired by the Living Room Scene in ‘Jungle Fever’
Okay, so as I mentioned last week, this week I’m sharing an excerpt from the movie script I’m currently working on. It was inspired by one of my favorite scenes from the movie “Jungle Fever.” To be clear, no one…
Movie Scenes I Love: ‘Crossing Delancey’ the New Hat Scene
I’m a writer – surprise! And one of my writing goals is to write movie scripts and direct said movies. I watch movies a lot. I watch movies and TV more than I read, which, if you’ve been here a…
How I Write: Getting Through My Last Post
Whew, that was a doozy. I’m talking about my last post, Friendly Fire: The Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka Rivalry. I probably should have called that “tennis rivalry,” but oh well – I’ma just leave it now. Writing that post…
Trouble
Today’s post is giving me trouble. It came to me last week…last like Wednesday or Thursday to be not so exact, and I’m having the hardest time writing it. It’s not coming easy to me. It took me forever just…