A few years ago, when I started looking for like-minded writers (to share a common love for, and commiserate about, writing), I had hoped to replicate the success I had finding other stay-at-home dads like me to join a community to talk about parenting. Silly me. Thinking they -- writers and stay home dads -- … Continue reading When It Comes To Writing, Am I Asking Too Much?
When attending any writers conference, it's always a question mark whether it'll be time well spent. Some can go overly long, especially with speakers who get too carried away by the sound of their own voices. Or, worse, those that touch on stuff you already know. Or, you could pick up great ideas that will … Continue reading Attending A Writers Conference –The “Good” & The “Not-So”
Been a while since I wrote a blog post in this mini-series on my writing musings for 2024. Today, I've good reason to add one more to this series before the year ends. Because this morning, I invited not one but two local writers to share with my Writers Club on their journey to self-publication. … Continue reading My 2024 Musings on Writing #4 — Chatting With Self-Published Writers
I've -- yet -- another confession to make here in writing. (Been making a few of late) I've not been reading much for a while now. Sure, I still read headlines and selective long-form news articles. But that's pretty much it. I tried reading some novels but my mind's just so unfocused. Words on the … Continue reading I Think I Found My Writing “Cheerleader”!
Molten Fires I need to start overI need to end my hoverTo hunker down and writeMorning noon and moonlit night Told some folks I'm in a rutMore time now to be writing butNo words from me seem to issue forthCreativity a miserable medal-less fourth Behind other more pressing demandsBehind all of life's ups and downsFamily. … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #203
I never knew writing was such a lonely journey until I left my full-time lecturing work in 2018, started a blog in 2019, and turned a book idea into a draft manuscript in 2020. Each one of these endeavors had just me in them, front and center — no one else. In short, I only … Continue reading Celebrating The 1st Anniversary Of My Writers Club
Since the start of this year, I've increasingly found myself rethinking about the meaning of community. I think it began when I downloaded a Kindle version of David Brooks' latest book How To Know A Person: The Art Of Seeing Others Deeply And Being Deeply Seen (2023), in which he mentioned community and someone by … Continue reading One Dad’s Musings About The Power of Community
I recently started teaching a short, informal online course to two friends on the art of structuring and writing a memoir. (These friends are fellow writers I got to know last year when we attended a Creative Non-fiction writing course together) Now in case you start searching online for my course, don't. Because you won't … Continue reading How Teaching Writing Helps My Writing & Lets Me Pay It Forward
This week I attended an introductory workshop for three days on Playback Theatre. Not attended a workshop in quite a while, especially one about the arts. So it was truly refreshing and a welcome departure from my normal routines. Yes yes, I hear ya. So allow me to explain right away. What Is Playback Theatre? … Continue reading How Playback Theatre & Writing Are Connected
On Wednesday, our national daily printed a forum letter I sent them in response to a news report they put out two days before. Unlike another letter I wrote that they printed last month which I subsequently highlighted in a post, this one had very minor edits (they removed just a couple of lines). Nonetheless, I've decided to … Continue reading My LETTER OF THE DAY…AND WEEK “Award”
