I’m in LA this week, to see clients and friends. I flew down here yesterday on the first Alaska flight out of Portland on Monday morning, and the back of the plane was full of creative commuters. Besides moi, there was the Danish screenwriter that I sat next to. Across the way, a man was […]
I’m slowly reading the June issue of Vanity Fair. It’s the Africa issue edited by Bono. I’ve got this fascination with Africa and all its complex issues. Me and half the free world, it seems. The issue is pretty amazing. It’s full of informative articles and I like that they aren’t all gloom and doom. […]
Last week I took myself out for coffee and wrote up this whole elaborate schedule for finishing this draft of my novel (Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior). This made me feel virtuous and disciplined. It made me feel disciplined until it came time to actually finish chapter eleven by my appointed deadline–which happened to be last […]
I used to love to write in coffeeshops. Now, not so much. But lately I’ve been thinking I need to get back in the habit of going to Starbucks or an equivalent to write. We’ve got the most fabulous coffeeshop/cafe right down the street called the Daily, and I always see people in there working […]
There’s an AP article this morning about the annual Book Expo starting in New York City tomorrow. Interesting to note is the fact that MySpace is not only attending for the first time this year, but is a sponsor also. The article notes the number of authors promoting themselves on MySpace and also discusses the […]
I’m starting free-lance work this week with a new company. Not sure if I can name names or not, so I won’t, but it cracks me up to report that I’ll be writing articles for a magazine to be distributed to young professionals in India. Its kind of like reverse outsourcing. Isn’t that just the […]
I’ve been out of commission for the last week. First I was at a wedding in Santa Clara, California, and then I had gum surgery. Yes, gum surgery, complete with graft and stint and a lot of wonderful gory details I won’t bore you with. I’ve used the surgery as an excuse to ease up […]
I write all the time. I mean, I really, really do. I just wrote a single-spaced 50 page report in 4 days. Its the second single-spaced 50 page report I’ve done in that time frame, and let me tell you it is a haul to get it done. But I did it–and some extremely perverse […]
A new idea for a novel is forming in my brain. I have to be very, very careful with it. I’ve still got a draft and a half of the current novel to finish, so I can’t do anything with this new idea yet. And, one thing I’ve learned is that I can’t even pay […]
Writing is living; living is writing. I am one of those people who is so identified with my calling that I can’t seperate myself from it. I see analogies to writing and the writing process in everything. Apparently the same is true with Alice Sebold. Catching up on my magazine reading at lunchtime today (magazines […]
