Welcome to a new series on creativity and how to unleash it in your writing. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be presenting the 15 crucial keys to consistently accessing your creativity. First, though, I want to talk about creativity in general. I consider it to be one branch of the Three-Fold Writer’s Path, […]
I’ve been reading about the search to name the new Seven Wonders of the World. Some of the frontrunners are The Great Wall of China, Machu Pichu, and the Colosseum in Rome. My own personal vote is for Chichen Itza, in the Yucatan, one of the coolest (though not temperature wise) places I’ve ever been. […]
My friend David Hetzler has a poem on the Short North Gazette. He’s an awesome poet, and he’ll be reading with the Umbrella Poets in Columbus, Ohio on July 27th. Go listen–he’s an awesome reader, too. Check out his poem in the Gazette here.
Andrew Gallix wrote a post on his Guardian blog about a movement he (sorta jokingly) invented called the Slow Writing Movement. He wrote a thought-provoking post about it yesterday, making the point that with the advent of the word processor, writing has become faster, and with the Internet, publishing is fast, too. "As a result, […]
Went to a party on the Venice canals on Saturday night. It was a large party, with multiple bands playing sequentially, the grill going full time with hot dogs and hamburgers, and a great potluck spread. We were there as the guests of film director and producer Lina Shanklin, even though she never made it […]
Over on one of my webpages, I wrote about the Columbia Gorge (in connection with writing) and illustrated it with photos of waterfalls in the area. Take a look at this gorgeous photo. It is from my friend Suzanne Peters, who is, clearly, and awesome photographer. She told me she had lots of photos of […]
We went to the Ewomen networking lunch in Orange County yesterday. I’m usually not a huge fan of networking events, as they can so often take on the air of desperation. But I know they are a fact of life in business these days and so when I’m in LA, I usually allow Mary-Suzanne to […]
When it comes to writing, LA is a different world. Actually, when it comes to everything, LA is a different world. But that is a topic for another time. The LA writing world revolves around screenplays (duh). If, as a writer, you are not writing a screenplay, pitching one, writing a treatment, or sleeping with […]
I found an interesting site which features two writing DVDs. The site is for Elephant Rock Productions, and they produce DVDs for writers and the educational market, though I must say that all I saw evidence of was DVDs for writers. However, that evidence looked pretty good. There’s one called, So, Is it Done? which […]
One of the things I have to remind myself over and over and over again about writing is: process not product. If I focus on the process of writing a piece, allow myself to be fully engaged in it and the moment and enjoy just writing, the words flow. They may not be perfect words–as […]
