If you haven’t seen SUPER 8, the new movie by J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg, run don’t walk to your nearest cineplex! I’ve seen it twice now – the very first showing on the very first day with John in Sydney, and last night with my family and friends in California. In my opinion, it’s [...]

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Today I met with my friend Betsy for hot chocolate and brainstorming. We’re both in our last semester of our Master of Arts in Creative Writing degrees, so we’re both working on our “final project” book. We’ve read a little of each other’s work over the last 14 months, but it’s not like being in [...]

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Starting a new story is like getting a first kiss. If it zings right away, you want to keep going! If not, well, it depends on the other factors too, but it’s probably not going to be a story you want to spend all your time with.  LOL! What attracts you to someone is different [...]

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