Category Archives: writing

When I was a cub reporter, I used to freeze up sometimes at the sight of the blank screen. Getting the perfect beginning to the story was crucial. I couldn’t write the story until I had that first sentence right … Continue reading →

In order to get back into my work-in-progress, I’ve been revising and rewriting all of the chapters that came before. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to revamp that much, and for most chapters I haven’t done much more than … Continue reading →

Remember that a href=”http://allymcbeal.tktv.net/Episodes1/synop/17.html”episode of Ally McBeal/a where her therapist, played by Tracy Ullman, tells her she needs to get a theme song? I always thought the choice Ally made — a href=”http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thebigchill/tellhim.htm””Tell Him” by The Exciters/a — told the … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the last few days learning a new word: “scrivenings.” It’s a noun, derived from the word “scrivener” (which means “a scribe”), that loosely translates to “writing” or “scribbling.”br /br /And where, you might ask, did I pick up … Continue reading →