I mean, in case you were wondering. Coloring books for adults are so in right now. I got this as a gift from my parents when I was in high school. I'm always WAY ahead of my time. I have had many hours to myself since the kids went back to school. At least...12. Or maybe … [Read more...]
You Are What You Believe
Hello, it's November, and I'm taking on the NaNoWriMo challenge again. NaNoWriMo is a weird little shortie for National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write 50,000 words of a story in 30 days. There is no prize beyond the fact that you did it. Maybe you have the … [Read more...]
People Are Better Than Robots: An Infographic
Once upon a time I used to transcribe interviews, mostly when I was a freelance video producer making my own videos and I was too frugal to pay someone else to transcribe. It can be tedious and painful, actually, so now on the rare occasion that I do a phone interview for … [Read more...]
Use the Good Paper
Be nice to your shitty first draft. In November I wrote a novel. Well, 50,000 words in a row in a Word document. But I am practicing saying "I wrote a novel" in case that makes it come true, as if saying it will help me make the document into a book you can hold in your … [Read more...]
Our Christmas Vacation (by 7-year-old Brady)
Brady had to write a story about his life for school. It didn't have to be very long, maybe 5-10 sentences. Normally he loathes even that short length, but for some reason this time he got on a roll. He would not be stopped until the story was fully told. He gave me permission to … [Read more...]