Happy New Year everyone ( Read more... )

It has been 7 Tanka, 5 Chapters, 4 Nonets, 2 Sonnets, 1 Haiku, and 1/2 Moleskine since class. If I keep this up, I may even start to think I'm prolific ( Read more... )

The winter storm kept some of the students away. One woman turned around and left as soon as she arrived. Black ice was weighing heavy on everyone's mind. Despite the low numbers, the readings took just as long. Over the two weeks I, and others, had cobbled two scenes. One was of conflict, the other action. All were great. Some I had a tough ( Read more... )

Well, the Barnes and Noble cafe was packed again tonight. It's one of my favorite places to hangout, have a coffee, and write. It is exactly halfway between work and home. Which isn't a considerable distance by any means. About two miles as the mangy crow flies. I ordered a medium dark roast coffee and a pizza filled pretzel. They were ( Read more... )

Today I drove into the parking lot and saw the classroom lights glowing. I had thought I was late and rushed in. To my embarrassment, I had stumbled into a baby shower. The staff of the publishing company surrounded a young woman with long brown hair. She looked as if the kid might just jump out of her and sign up for college courses. They ( Read more... )

Today, after going over the homework, we worked on scene creation. Which went by kind of fast since we spent over half the time going over the homework. That was followed up by a another writing session only this time the lights were turned off and a couple of candles were placed on the table. To switch things up I guess. At least we got a pass ( Read more... )

A little rainy today so everyone was happy to get inside. Today we covered dialogue and spent 5 min writing and then listening to everyone's work. We were handed a picture and asked to write a dialogue for that picture. All the pictures were different, of course, that brought out a lot of varried stories. The tough thing was picking out what ( Read more... )

First day of creative writing class. Two great things. One is that I had a lot of fun. Two is that I'm the youngest by about a decade. Weird being called "Kid". The two hour class started with introductions. Then a five min write and critique. After a short lecture, a fifteen min write and critique. No much, but we still managed to go over ( Read more... )

The digital gage on the screen said that the printer would not make it to the next fill station. When I did a nozzle check, the computer refused and showed white squares where cyan, magenta, and yellow should be. So I made the trek to Staples and prepared for sticker shock. Ouch! Compared to ink, gas is el cheepo. I would have placed an ( Read more... )

. . . is "a century-old recipe" based energy drink I found at the farmers' market today. I'm not sure, but I think the energy comes from the maple syrup mixed in with the cider and ginger. The booth was next to the woman giving free hugs. I dove into the tent to avoid her grasp and was greeted with a free sample. A little heavy on the ginger, ( Read more... )