Yes, my blog is totally revamped. The content will still be basically the same. I’m just taking it in a more useful direction. With any luck. I wanted a title that would catch people’s attention and stay true to my blog’s theme. TELL ME YOUR STORY, TELL ME YOUR SONG works because: I really do [...]
I have a very unique way of battling writer’s block. When I can’t seem to make a story fit together, I go back and review the first fundamentals of storytelling I ever learned…by watching Disney movies. Yes, this works! I’ve told quite a few other writers about it who’ve seen where I’m coming from. Classic [...]
This is taken from a worksheet I received at the SWA Conference last month, and I just had to share. Cheryl Norman’s Novel Writing Class, as you can imagine, was hilarious. Punctuation is like Sex: Commas are not like kisses. They should not be scattered freely among your beloved words. Like spouses, exclamation marks should [...]
Again, I made this list with the help of a workshop I received in Cheryl Norman’s Novel Writing Class at the Southeastern Writer’s Workshop. The Top 7 Downfalls of Writers: Lack of self-discipline Failing to use biological time positively (Ex. Are you a morning person? A night person?) Creating distractions/giving in to them Failing to [...]
Because I understand that there is no money to be made in poetry (except the occasionally $30 contest award) I’m going to post my poem, The Opposite of War. Last week it got 2nd place in the Smith Moseley Award for Poetry at the SWA conference =) It’s about the World Scout Jamboree in 2007. [...]
Everything in my life is colorful: like blaring rainbows. I’m eighteen, but I’m not growing up any too fast, I hate to say. And I’m not even gay. I’m not even male! Here are a few examples: 1. My Incrediboy T-shirt. I have been known to walk around the mall as an advertisement for my [...]
