Another scene from my work in progress It Chose Three. I was thinking about Ross’s feedback recently. He asked me “Why does Emma not tell people?” after reading the scene where Emma’s basketball friends ask Sophie why Emma isn’t going to play that year. I thought and thought about it. And then, it slipped to… Continue reading Why Didn’t You Tell? (WIP ICT)
Chapter 1: The Urchin’s Book Three American teachers sat around a small, circular table eating pizza in Phenom Pehn, Cambodia. It did not taste the same as an American pizza, but we had all learned to stop comparing. It wasn’t bad, either; just different – something in the sauce or type of cheese, maybe. The… Continue reading Untitled Cambodia Project (WIP)
“”Not many Americans know/recall that time, much less have been there,” my brother texted me. “Blend the historic with your experience.” It is January 7, 2022, bitter-cold and windy outside, and a pandemic has been raging for the past two years. A few days ago my brother, DJ, had mentioned listening to Slaughterhouse 5 by… Continue reading My Brother Inspired Me To Write About Cambodia
These aren’t necessarily New Year’s resolutions, though I am not opposed to those. It’s been a long time since I’ve done them. I like facing a new year with some sense of resolution, control, and energy for betterment. I also think that kind of energy and resolution should be throughout your life, and there’s nothing… Continue reading What Will I Be Up To?
I felt my shoulders slump when I saw the date of my last post. I had a good stride going, but then it stopped. I really needed to get in some time working today, but didn’t have much of a plan. I picked up It Chose Three and started reading back through Ross’s suggestions and… Continue reading Rewrite of If I Were A Chasm (WIP ICT)
I’m not going to put every new or revised scene on here, but I find it very helpful to get some of the “bigger” ones out where people are commenting. I also have come across a new roadblock I was having before: allowing my characters to be fools. I only have one cringe-worthy scene with… Continue reading Allowing Characters to be Fools (WIP) It Chose Three
As I continue to reprocess what happened, more things are surfacing. I am learning to turn it right back around and put it into scenes. It’s no surprise “it could be worse” showed up. “It could be worse” is a special kind of guilt that we can lay on ourselves and/or others can lay upon us.… Continue reading “It Could Be Worse” WIP It Chose Three
I am happy with how this turned out. I was absolutely listening to “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys on repeat to help channel high school me. I don’t want to go in and “Donna-smash” (like Hulk-smash) every scene, either, now that I have realized the need to add more raw emotion.… Continue reading New Scene for WIP It Chose Three
I cannot thank you all enough for the outpouring of love and encouragement I’ve received since the post where I vented my spleen about my work in progress It Chose Three. After I posted that I received texts, FaceBook messages, and even a great phone call from HCS Publishing founder and awesome friend Dave Lee.… Continue reading Permission To Be Angry
Thank you all for the outpouring of love and support I received after my vent last week. It did wonders to get it off my chest and I’m glad I decided to still post it because sometimes you just absolutely need your friends to cheer you up. After I wrote it all out and posted… Continue reading If I Were A Chasm (poem for ITC)