Category Archives: Writing
Adventures Around the Web August 19-25, 2017
The Passive Voice A Check Girl This is a quote from a Raymond Chandler story. Wow. Just wow. Susan Elia MacNeal on Signature These Six Incredible Women Served as Undercover Spies During World War II When I was in school, history that was taught wasn’t particularly interesting. It was dates and events, not about …
Adventures Around the Web August 12-18, 2017
Fall is continuing into Washington DC. Last week, I saw the first fall squash at the farmer’s market. I’ll be visiting an end of summer tradition, the local county fare, today, and I decided to take the day off for the eclipse, in case everyone goes nuts. In DC, you never know . These are …
Adventures around the web August 5-9, 2017
Even though it’s August, the signs of fall are already showing up in Washington, DC. I went to the farmer’s market in Old Town Alexandria this weekend and the first of the apples were for sale. It’s hard to believe the summer is almost gone. It always seems so short! Kevin Tumlinson on Medium Self …
The Importance of Writing Every Day
Writers get admonished all the time about writing every day, like if they don’t do something, it’s a terrible sin. But the reason for it is simple: It has to be done every day so the habit will stick. If there’s no habit, it’s easy to drop off it when life gets in the way. …
Adventures Around the Web July 2-8, 2017
I’m trying my hand with content curation this week in conjunction with writing in public. Enjoy the stories! Alessandra Codinha in Vogue Magazine Women in the Military: The Female Soldiers on the Front Lines When I look for photos of women on the military websites, I can’t find much. Those available are pretty limited, like …
Writing in Public
Coming in July, I’m going to do a writing in public project. The concept of “writing in public,” comes from science fiction writer Harlan Ellison (if you haven’t read his books, he wrote Star Trek’s “City on the Edge of Forever”). He sat in a window of a store, typed out a story on a …
Coming Attractions for June
This weekend, I made an attempt to see Wonder Woman. But when I showed up an hour in advance at the movie theater, it was sold out except for a few seats in the front. So I’ll try again next weekend. But it’s a good sign … especially for a movie the studio gave up …
Breaking Storytelling with Process
I started writing when I was eight. I loved writing adventures. Before class, I’d get a sheet of notebook paper and write my stories (and sometimes when I was bored during class). My friends loved reading the stories, and I had several who got involved by drawing pictures. That was just too cool. Pictures can …
