Writers, stop showing up to meetings as Generic Professional #47. You're a storyteller - apply those same skills to your own experience. Mine your life for moments of insight, craft them like scenes, and be ready to share what makes you... you. #scriptsky

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.

Hey book people - while there's going to be a lot of press focused on the movie, I'd love to to take the chance to reintroduce this (Edgar Award-winning) book to the world. Any book podcasters or interviewers who'd like to talk about the book, please reach out.

It's #InternationalSurfingDay "A wonderful first novel, with rich characters & vivid detail...the book is set amidst the California surf culture of the late 60s & beautifully captures the period when tradition collided with counter-culture...a terrific read." #SurfNoir www.amazon.com/Never-Ending...

Journalists, Creators, and Storytellers--Take a look! www.nationalgeographic.org/society/gran...

T.S. Harris

Yes, I know they're winding down, but seeing that my short story, Laurel Canyon Lullaby, found its way into the top 10% of all discoverable projects on @coverfly.bsky.social, as well as the top 5% of short story projects, still made my day.

The "Murder Is Our Business" panel at last Saturday's @litfestinthedena.bsky.social. @jordanharper.bsky.social, @alexkenna.bsky.social, Gary Phillips, @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, and me. Thanks to the folks at LitFest for putting on a great event!

This Saturday--Hope to see you there!

Well, this looks like a damn good panel! I'm thrilled to be the moderator and look forward to asking these kick-ass authors @alexkenna.bsky.social, @jordanharper.bsky.social, @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, & Gary Phillips about murder SoCal style. Hope to see you there! @litfestinthedena.bsky.social

Carole Lombard

“Every day, no matter how you fight it, you learn a little more about yourself, and all most of it does is teach humility.” ― John D. MacDonald

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison

Marie-France Pisier

Lupe Velez & Gary Cooper, Sidney Poitier & Diahann Carroll, Clark Gable & Carole Lombard, and Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward. Happy Valentine's Day!

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” ― Meg Cabot #WritingCommunity

You can't stop time. Let's make 2025 a great one--Happy New Year!

Shameless self-promotion Sunday! Looking for the perfect Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Holiday gift? These two might just fit the bill. Both are available at Amazon--or you might be able to order them through your local indie bookstore! Links below. Happy Holidays!

“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” ― Sidney Sheldon

“I'm not telling you to make the world better. I'm just telling you to live in it...Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it...To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment." ~ Joan Didion

Jo Sketching at Good Harbour Beach. 1923 Edward Hopper.

Writing isn't magic; it's a process. It can be taught, learned, experimented with, and developed. Given enough study, practice, and workshopping, every single one of you can write something worth reading. Every. Single. One. Of. You.

Comic book readers, photo by Ruth Orkin.

“The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up...I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.” ― Jim Harrison

“The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.” ― Samuel Beckett

Sometimes the words won't come & you'll find yourself stuck in a scene. The best way to write your way out is to write the shitty version of the scene. Even let the writing be bad if need be. Just. Get. Out. Of. That. Scene. Finish the story then trust your taste to know how to fix it in editing.