Tag: writing

8 Steps to Writing Killer Emails

February 24, 2014
Writing

TXT ME K Since the advent of the fax machine during the late Cretaceous period, the use of in-person and over-the-phone communication has declined roughly 974,000%. We thought video phones would be the future, but then Skype and Facetime and Google Hangouts came along and proved that, in actuality,...

Signing with Rachel Ekstrom

December 10, 2013
News, Personal, Writing

Rachel Ekstrom I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE that I have signed with Rachel Ekstrom of Irene Goodman Literary Agency in New York. I met Rachel at the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference last spring. After we geeked out about YA books and 90’s punk, I pitched her my novel and she asked for the manuscript. Rachel...

RE-GEEKING

October 11, 2013
Personal, video games

Once upon a time, I was a geek: a Firefly-watching, comic book-reading, d12-wielding geek. And then, something happened. Wait—let’s flash forward. FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES I have this group of amazing friends. Every time I’ve scored a walk-on part on a sitcom, they’ve come to watch. Whenever...

Lost

September 9, 2013
Music, Personal, Writing

Under Pressure I’m only two chapters away from finishing the second draft of my novel. It’s an exciting (and stressful) time, and my laser-focus on the book has drawn attention away from this blog; but, I’ve been digging in the archives, and I’ve found some unreleased work worthy of sharing. I hope...

How To Break Through Writer’s Block

July 22, 2013
Writing

Why Me? What qualifies me, a not-yet-published novelist and (frequently negligent) blogger, to give you advice on how to break through writer’s block? I’m no newbie to creativity. I earned a BFA in Film Production and won the Chapman University Visual Storytelling Award. I’ve written over a hundred...

Three Steps to Reclaiming Your Year

June 24, 2013
Writing

At the beginning of this year (which feels like about three weeks ago), I shared 6 Steps to Creative Fulfillment. Blink. It’s fleeping JUNE. When did that happen?! The year is almost half gone—but I’m here to insist it’s not too late to have your best creative year ever. To that purpose, I present...