I’m a funny guy. I make a lot of jokes, and I can make people laugh. I write funny stuff too – for years I’ve written a fake Christmas newsletter (“this year Cee Cee won the Nobel prize for physics and flew on the space shuttle”) which we send out with our holiday cards. People [...]
Category Archives: Writing
Improvisational Writing
Sunday, June 29, 2008
I’ve always enjoyed improvising stories or pieces of stories in a very short time - especially when I’m given words or phrases that must be used in the story. For some reason, such challenges really tap into my funny side. At other times, I’ll simply hear things that will immediately get me into “improv” mode, [...]
Seriously Writing
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s when I was a TV news producer in Baton Rouge, my job called for me to write a complete show script in the space of about 20 minutes, twice a day. I vividly remember shoveling paper into and out of my typewriter and pounding out the words as [...]
“The Artist’s Way” Hits Close to Home
Friday, October 26, 2007
Last week I heard someone talking about a book called The Artist’s Way, and how it had helped them reconnect with their creative side. Kind of a course you could take yourself, complete with daily/weekly exercises. It sounded interesting to me, so I ordered it and today I’ve been reading the book.
It’s weird how I [...]
Welcome
Friday, October 19, 2007
Hi Everybody!Welcome to the new site and the new blog. What I’m hoping to accomplish here is to start a conversation about things that interest me - things I’m reading about, thinking about, and writing about.
The publication of Nub: Story of an Ex-Cripple is the realization of one of my life’s greatest dreams. One of [...]