City of Writers: A Weekly Newsletter
Today's visual prompt is a shot I took on top of the Ferris wheel at the last Vegoose at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2007. What a great festival! I really wish they had been able to bring it back in subsequent years, however, the recession put the kibosh on that.…
Let me start this week off on the right foot by giving you a quote from Ray Bradbury. We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted…
This week's writing prompt is this shelving unit from a former job of mine. Why are they empty? Is there something missing? What would you put in there? If you want to share what you wrote, please comment and let me know. I'd love to read it!
Jack Kerouac "I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith, and hope. I have always believed in these things. It was with some amazement that I realized I was one of the few people in the world who really believed…
Today's quote is meant to help you set up your physical space to unleash the creativity inside. buy a boxset of Toni Morrison's work I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask…
This week's visual prompt is a picture I took of Duffy, Mickey Mouse's bear, climbing the lamp on my desk. I used it as a featured image on my Ko-Fi and thought it was suitable for a prompt too. Duffy! Write a story about Duffy and why he's climbing the…
I'm not a devout follower of New Age thinking. I'm a cradle Catholic but I have a hard time believing that God doesn't give us the tools to explore other ways of thinking. My Ma always had Buddhist and pagan symbols in the house while insisting we go through baptism,…
Haruki Murakami When I'm in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to…
Writing has always been a therapeutic endeavor for me. I turned to poetry when I had no other voice. I realized quickly that my will to live was intertwined with the art of writing when I channeled my teenage rage and post-adolescent hangups on paper. I graduated from poetry eventually…
Book Riot's podcast episode #219 put me on to the fact that Riley Sager is a pen name for a fella named Todd Ritter. Jezebel broke the story. Every write-up that followed - including Book Riot - made the clipped observation that it's uncool for men to flip the script…