writing

  • The Story Masters, Scout, and Me

    Today was the last day of Story Masters and they went out with a bang. Don Maass lead a chapter by chapter analysis of “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. And at the end of the day, they were sweet enough to pose for pictures. One of the most important elements they all seemed […]

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  • Story Masters! 120 Brains Explode Simultaneously — Bring it on!

    Dateline: Houston, Texas at the Double Tree Hotel, the one that gives out cookies Event: Story Masters! Over 120 of us eager beavers gathered in a ballroom with barely enough outlets to power up all the laptops. There were a few skirmishes, but no bloodletting that I could see. That came when the workshop kicked […]

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  • Trust: the most important tool in the writer’s pencil case

    Trust. Don’t trust me, trust yourself. Many of my writer pals are gearing up for National Vomit on the Page Month. Sorry, that is my snarky way of describing NaNoWriMo – National Write a Novel Month. The goal is to write every day during the month of November and by the end of the month […]

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