• Writing

    Short Story Intensive this Weekend

    So, I have committed my weekend (well most of it – thanks to the holiday) to a Short Story Intensive workshop being hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal. I am stoked to have landed a spot in this class, and excited to be working with Mary again. I’ve had the pleasure…

  • Appropriated Quote - Writing

    Appropriated Quotes: Dead Again

    Original Quote (via IMDB): Someone is either a smoker or a nonsmoker. There’s no in-between. The trick is to find out which one you are, and be that. If you’re a nonsmoker, you’ll know. Appropriated Quote: Someone is either a writer or a non-writer. There’s no in-between. The trick is…

  • Life - Retro Post - Writing

    Retro Post: My Thoughts on Why I Write

    The following is a post I made on an earlier iteration of the CrushedMuffin site. Below the post, I will toss in my current-state two-cents; what the “now” me thinks about what the “then” me wrote. [cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”80%”] My Thoughts On Why I Write POSTED  10-AUGUST-2002 I think…

  • Depression - Goals - Writing

    Points System

    I have been struggling lately to use my time to do the things that I aspire to do with my time.  Instead I squander my time on the enjoyable activities (e.g. binge watching Veronica Mars) because, dang it, I deserve to pamper myself. But if you do it all the…