COFFIN HOP 2013 – Let’s get started!
Hello all! And welcome to the Coffin Hop 2013! We have all been waiting for it. 78 fabulous authors are participating this year, and I encourage you to hop from blog to blog by following this link:...
View ArticleTrauer – Short Film
I’ve been busy working on my first short film, Trauer, as part of a project I had to complete with the School of Visual Arts. Here’s the final result. Call it a catharsis, this project could be...
View Article#Freedom
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel Bright Blinding Absolutely beautiful. I didn’t see it at first Because I was blinded by my own selfishness Pity Hatred Discontent. Now I understand the language...
View Article#Growing Up
That might sound silly, but I’m in my early thirties and feel like I’m only growing up now. I thought I knew what adulthood was like once I turned seventeen, heck…I knew nothing. I don’t know much more...
View Article#Past memories
These words are for you, my past memories. You made me who I am today. The bad happened for a reason. The good did too. The ugly just topped the cake like oversweet icing I wanted to puke so badly...
View Article#TGIF Trip to DC and I did no writing
But got comments from my editor last night on 32 Seconds and I’m moving forward nicely. Which makes me feel really good about all the work I put in. And I’m close, very close to my goal. The trick is...
View Article9/11, Thirteen years later… Where am I? #911anniversary
Happy Thursday folks. Today is 9/11 so I have no idea how many people will blog about this because the wound is still fresh (and no, I’m not going to start a rant about politics and terrorism), but I...
View Article#WW #Conflict in a Story #plotting
Happy Wednesday! This post is a small cheat sheet dedicated to conflict. Every plot is built on: 1) The internal conflict: the character’s emotional, mental, spiritual, physical evolution/struggle...
View Article#FF How to create a successful #arc for your character #plotting #writing
Hello folks and happy Friday! The other day I blogged about conflict, and the all and ever familiar (or not so familiar) concepts of internal and external conflicts. Today, we attack the character’s...
View ArticleThe Silent Scream
Death. Not a word many people like to hear or think about. The end of a life. The blackness, the emptiness, the loneliness. The indescribable void left by loss. Feelings swelling and crashing like...
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