In my last blog, I talked about my “hummingbird” approach to writing — all fits and starts and never letting yourself assume that you can only write when and if you have long, uninterrupted blocks of time. Yes, it works, but do I yearn for long, uninterrupted blocks? Of course! A progress report. My current […]
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Now that summer is winding down, I’ve launched a new writing project and boy . . . does that feel good. Summer is a busy time for me. Luisa and I receive (and welcome!) many out-of-town family members and friends, either in Sebastopol or at the farm. This is also the time that my work
Over the past ten years, I’ve written five full-length plays, four short plays, one full-length historic reenactment, one full-length film treatment, two books of short fiction and one published memoir. Spelled out, it seems a respectable list, but on those days when writing is the last thing I’m able to manage, I grow critical for not
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My day lay ahead with nothing on my agenda except to write. I hadn’t had a day like this in weeks and I was energized to imagine how much I’d accomplish. Of course there was that service appointment with the Comcast technician who would arrive before noon and determine why the closed captioning on our
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