OK, I’ll admit it. I don’t have an official Zoom account despite the numerous Zoom calls or Zoom meetings I’ve been part of since we were all told to shelter at home. Who needs yet another username and password to remember? Don’t I already have enough? Besides, I haven’t had to originate or host any…
As I mentioned recently, during my shelter-at-home stay, I haven’t been able to engage in songwriting because of the close quarters. I’m just too noisy when I’m working on a song. That doesn’t mean I’ve not been thinking about new songs. I have! In fact, I’ve written the lyrics for a few. Just no music…
Yes, indeed! Folks, I think The Great is GREAT! The Hulu dramedy about Catherine the Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult as Empress and Emperor of Russia, is one outstanding show. I’ve watched so many period dramas on PBS that I wasn’t too sure about diving into yet another historically-based program. I was very…
Nom de plume, pen name, alias, cover, whatever label you care to use, it amounts to the same thing – adopting a false moniker for the purpose of concealing your true identity. Sounds dishonest, doesn’t it? So why is it many authors choose to write under an assumed name? Good question! Better yet, why am…
Sorry about the mess here. I’m moving my blog and updating my website, learning as I go. Hopefully, I’ll have it all cleaned up shortly. In the meantime, thank you for your patience.
I found myself asking that very question last year as I pondered beginning my first attempt at a novel. I’d learned enough to know writers tend to fall into one or the other category. Some plan their book, the plot of their story, fully in advance of writing. Those are the plotters. The pantsers, on…
As I mentioned in a recent post, I started my own writing journey after I got locked down at home without my usual avenues of creative expression available. And before you say anything about songwriting, let me clarify; I have not been stuck at home alone. In a small apartment, noisy endeavors are frowned upon…
I like to think working as a narrator is a creative endeavor. In my mind, it’s a bit like being a vocalist who’s singing a song composed by someone else. It’s interpretive, perhaps, but creative nonetheless. When the stay-at-home orders were issued a year ago, my ability to go into the studio where I’d been…
I recently had the opportunity to narrate this book by Jack Ewing. Mr. Ewing was a reporter for the New York Times and covered this story throughout, so he had a wealth of knowledge which he put to good use in the book. Publisher W.W. Norton & Company says “In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack…
No, I didn’t book a gig in NYC. Not yet …. LOL But I did get the chance to perform two songs in Manhattan on a recent Sunday night. How? Simple: an open mic. Although not the same kind of open mic you might typically expect to find in other parts of the country, it…