As Camp NaNoWriMo was coming to an end, I decided to figure out the next creative challenge to participate in. I mean, I had done NaNoWriMo last November to great success, and I did both Camps: April and July. The result was three manuscripts, not bad at all. The totalContinue Reading
The Camp NaNoWriMo program spans the thirty days of April and the thirty one days of July. And of course, these are extensions of the original NaNoWriMo which takes place in November. There are thirty days in each month. I absolutely love this creative challenge. I think the organization isContinue Reading
Excerpt: From “One of Those Smoking Couples” The soda burned my nose a little. I took half the bottle in one swallow anyway. “I want to see the glass blowers,” Jill said. I pulled the soda bottle away from the face. “The air feels good here,” I said. The cloudsContinue Reading
Contents: “Lullaby” “In Search of Doughnut Jockeys” “One of Those Smoking Couples” “Dishes” “Social Suicide” “Family Mandate” “Sudden Chill” “Nihilistic Debauch” “The Chill of the Morning” “Poisoned by Dreams” “Lipstick and Shoes” “Bus Rides”Continue Reading
As July approached, I started to collect all the notes and scrapes of stories that I have been meaning to write this year. It is no surprise that I had a good few to write. I mean, I try to write short stories that amount to something of substance everyContinue Reading
I figured July is as good a month as any to write a bunch of stort stories. I mean, why not, right? I also knew that the Camp NaNoWriMo was coming in again in July. I had had a good experience with the April program, I thought I’d give itContinue Reading
Oh dear, how many times have I brought up my pen and notebook over the years? At least once a year, if not more. Truth be told, it’s a big part of my day and a big part of my life, this composition notebook and my fountain pen. Yes, theContinue Reading
Several Sundays ago, I furnished each member of my family with a toy camera loaded up with film. I gave my wife one of my Holga 120N cameras complete with a roll of 120 film. She’s not foreign to it, we’ve gone on Holga excursions before. My five year oldContinue Reading
The system is really quite simple. It’s like this, I write all I need to say on 6” x 9” unlined paper which I fold into thirds and put in a letter sized envelope. Then I write who I am and where I live then I write someone else’s nameContinue Reading
I bought a book of post card stamps the other day. It was one of those beautiful mornings and the post office being between where I live and the small industrial, or post industrial abyss of my little town, made me decided on an entire course of the day ratherContinue Reading