Sometimes being an insomniac isn't so bad. Like on those nights when I stay up late listening to dub beautiful collective and writing. But then there are those other nights where I stay up watching reruns, eating junk, surfing the net and just basically being completely unproductive and ruining my sleeping schedule. Tonight (this morning)…
Spent today working on my plot summary & summary outline for the book. Although I’ve been working on it throughout the summer, the 30-Day method is really helping me keep things in order. Having specific daily goals are helpful, especially when I have a tendency to get sucked into email, online forums and Scrabulous.
Working on my latest story tonight (about sinister small town rituals) I had a funny thought. My grandmother was also a writer, and many of her stories were about small town life, too. The only difference is hers were more poignant, definitely with a literary feel to them, whereas mine are more along the sinister…
Last night was the Skinny Puppy show. Nothing like some blisteringly cacophonous industrial and a hypnotic light show to make you feel alive! At times, I could literally feel the bass in my bones. It reminded me of the remake of The Italian Job where Seth Green's character says he wants to buy a stereo…
My good friend David is an incredible writer, photographer, and all around cool guy. After years of corporate work and working on his writing on the side, he quit his job to dedicate his full-time life to reworking his novels, self-publishing them and plunging headlong into his creative pursuits. The problem? We all know how…
So my entry for the Postcard Story Competition is signed, sealed and (nearly) delivered. It's going into the mail tomorrow. I'm not sure if it is exactly what they are looking for, but I like it, so now that it is (almost) out of my hands, that's all that matters. I almost forgot to include…