Dunno how he did it
Anthony Bourdain wrote Kitchen Confidential during his down time while he was working long, strenuous hours as a chef. If you read his book (or others about the horrors of working in the food industry), you’ll know how insane his hours were and how grueling his work day was. And still, he wrote. Me? This [...]
The Perils of Pre-Writing?
Many, many years ago, an English teacher tried to tell me that I had to write my story before I wrote my story. What’s more, she wanted me to apply this concept to research papers, essays and just about any bit of writing I was ever going to do. Clearly, I thought, she’s insane. Who writes their [...]
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!
Happy New Year from beautiful Honolulu, HI! This past year has been surreal. It seems like so much has changed, so much has happened, and yet everything is still the same. I know that makes no sense, but there you have it. In this year I have finished a screenplay, started a new writing project, abandoned [...]
State of the WriMo
Yesterday marked the end of NaNoWriMo and – genius me – I didn’t get around to my word validator until too late. So, I have no official word count, only what my little MS Word spits out. I’m going with that… Coming in at 47,225 words is UNTITLED!!!!! I fell short, but I’m counting this [...]
I can read!
Book review for Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale: I have to admit, I have completely mixed feelings about this book – I didn’t like it, but I DO like it all at once. Weird, I know. I initially picked it up because I have secretly been contemplating becoming a Farmgirl myself. I’ll [...]
