#1000wordsofsummer 2023, Day Seven

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Halfway through the challenge. I’m creating a lot of new material. Just not quite certain what I’m going to do with all of it.

The answer, of course, is to be creative. Like that’s so easy.

Tonight, I had The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on in the background while I was brushing my teeth. Out of respect and solidarity for the writers who are on strike, they’re running older episodes. (I promise, this is going somewhere.)

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In Search of Energy

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What’s the #1 reason writers don’t write?

Wait, let’s rephrase that. Continue reading

Reading and Writing What You Like, Or How I Accidentally Found My Niche

Anthony Cardno and me 7-15-18

Last weekend, I had the great good fortune to reconnect with someone I hadn’t seen since 1984. Back then, he was a high school student in the drama club I directed. Now, we’re both in our fifties, a notion I still find mildly shocking, but one I need to get used to since I’m bearing down fast on the day when only one of us holds that distinction. Continue reading