Gaining Experiences
My friend recently returned from a trip to the west coast. Business carried him there, but his real mission was to gain the experience of driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, reflect a bit on his life, ponder the passing of his father just a few months ago, and work on a longer piece of [...]
Don’t Teach Me; Thrill Me
One of the things that divides me as a writer (hence, the title of this blog) is how much–if at all–I “teach” my readers any valuable lessons. Much of my past writing in this blog has been didactic in nature, asking you semi-philosophic questions about how we live our lives. The response has been great, [...]
SOMIRAC Presentation: Metajournaling
Greetings, all (especially those who joined us today in Hunt Valley for the SOMIRAC Conference!): Here is a copy of my presentation at the SOMIRAC conference. Please feel free to email me with any questions about the concepts and applications of metajournaling. SOMIRAC MetaJournals
Productive Day
I feel….well, I feel like I have a connection with you, Constant e-Reader. And so I just wanted to let you know that I had a productive day today. I am back on Twitter and establishing some good correspondence with other writers, and I spent a great deal of time researching the realities of publishing. [...]
Metacognitive Journaling
Presentation at Towson University Saturday morning….Here’s the Powerpoint for attendees (and others!) :) MWP MetaJournals
Why Do(n’t) You Write?
Last week, while on vacation, I spent one mid-morning watching tv with my younger two children. They channel-surfed between PBS, the Disney Channel, and the Cartoon Network with the navigation of a highly trained professional. I was extremely impressed with their efficient use of commercial time to 1) find other shows not on commercial break, [...]
Will the Immediacy of Technology Be Our Personal Downfall?
On February 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and a few other friends at Harvard created Facebook for the purpose of staying in close touch with other friends. Two years later, Zuckerberg created the ever-popular (and oft-criticized) NewsFeed to allow Friends the chance to know what other friends were doing, and with whom. In that same year, [...]
Does an exercise regimen make us better writers?
I am in my fifth week of working out more consistently than I have in years, perhaps even a decade. In 1992, I lost nearly 40 pounds as I worked on the final stages of my first novel. The writing was some of the best I’ve ever done, before and since, and I stayed in [...]
Using Alternating Points of View in Fiction (CNF as well)
Today is only the fifth day of summer break, and I cannot remember another summer when I’ve been out of the starting gate so ahead of where I thought I would be, less than a week following the last day of school. You see, I took the time in May, believe it or not, to [...]
Let’s not get all emotional, now
I am quite humbled by the fact that I am 43 and I continue to learn things about myself on a daily–sometimes hourly–basis. The funny thing is (and I do mean in the strictest of ha-ha ways) that the things I am learning have been common knowledge, I am sure of it, among my closest [...]
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