Let's think about your writing practice for today's #RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: I like to talk about a "writer's toolbox" - the skills and knowledge you have accumulated. What's in your writer's toolbox?

#MovieKid reviews Saved! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social Have you seen this movie? It is a hoot (that hits harder 21 years later than it should...) www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Hope you can join us over at @brownbaglit.bsky.social as a Lunch Break Writer or one of our future member events (with @shastagrant.bsky.social)!

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#MovieKid reviews The Prestige (after finishing the Transformers movies! I love the variety!) with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Was so happy to talk with Chloe, one of my many writing heroes, about writing! Check it out!

I've always loved @demisty.bsky.social's work and this was such a pleasure. Hope you can read her thoughts on the craft of writing and revising! www.brownbaglit.com/milkjournal

#MovieKid reviews Transformers One with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviewed Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Bumblebee. He says he's "back to decent movies." :-) with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Thank you to @mgushuedc.bsky.social and @kimroberts-dc.bsky.social for joining us today to discuss collaboration and their new poetry book, Q&A For The End of The World! If you missed it, and we hope you didn't!, you can catch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWOH...

Hope you can join us for this free, online event during your (East Coast) lunch break! www.brownbaglit.com/events

#MovieKid reviews Transformers: The Last Knight with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit. The days are getting shorter. The constant news is dark. What brings you (or your character) light? Joy? It can be the smallest bite to the deepest laugh.

Contrary to a random comment, "I ban you from rating any other Transformers movies," #MovieKid reviews Transformers: Age of Extinction! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Transformers: Dark of the Moon with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Transformers! Check out his editing in this short review: www.youtube.com/@movies4all6... with @profhansnoel.bsky.social

Brown Bag Lit #RandomWritingPrompt: Read through your draft and find the heart of the piece. What are you writing about *really*? Underline this moment in the manuscript and then free-write on/about that moment and the reverberations that follow or precede it.

#MovieKid reviews the final Godfather movie in the series: The Godfather Part III Oof, that ending... with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Congratulations to Megan Leonard on her second book of poetry, Larkspur Queen! It is available from Broad Stonebooks! (And don't miss her first one, too!)

Thank you to editors Caroline Brock and Jona Colson for including my poem, English Vocabulary: Negation, in the new anthology, America's Future: poetry & prose in response to tomorrow out from @wwph.bsky.social! www.washingtonwriters.org/events/

#MovieKid reviews The Godfather Part II (Loving family movie nights!) with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Attention poets looking for an online class: Join our small group of 4 (1 seat open!) for a poetry workshop starting on 9/16. We'll write, discuss poetry, read and discuss four poetry books. You'll also have the chance to meet individually with me to discuss your work outside of the group sessions.

Hope you can join us over at @brownbaglit.bsky.social! This is going to be fantastic. Register: www.brownbaglit.com/events

#MovieKid reviews The Godfather. Our whole family is enjoying (re)watching these movies! (He remembers the exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, where we got this mug. Now there's context!) with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: Look at color. What can color do (in writing or on the canvas)? Write what you see and what meaning you might find in the color(s).

I just sent out the welcome note to my @politicsprose.bsky.social memoir writing students! Our class starts next Thursday (9/11) and runs for three Thursdays (online, 10 - 12.) We'll be discussing memoir and writing in general, and scene building for character development in particular.

And with his review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, #MovieKid wraps up his reviews of the Harry Potter movies! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1! He's almost through the Harry Potter movie series. One more... with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince What did you think of this Harry Potter film? MovieKid is almost done reviewing the entire series! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

How delightful to find this picture in the Open Doors Review email with a photo from the summer reading (my first time reading poetry in Florence!) They are a great journal - check them out! www.opendoorsreview.com

#MovieKid continues to review Harry Potter movies with today's review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Have you seen the series? What did you think of this film? Leave him a comment on his channel! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid continues to review Harry Potter movies with today's review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

#MovieKid reviews Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets What did you think of the Harry Potter movies? Do you agree with his ratings? Leave him a note on YouTube with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

Thanks to Brown Bag Lit Lunch Break member Eileen Minnefor for the shout-out to our event last year with @joshundasanders.bsky.social (WOMEN OF THE POST)! Read Eileen Minnefor's post Stolen from the Mail www.eileenminnefor.com/my-blog

#MovieKid writes today's #RandomWritingPrompt for Brown Bag Lit: Write from the seal lion's point of view. What are they discussing?

#MovieKid is BACK! Today he reviews Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

There's only one seat still available in my @brownbaglit.bsky.social Poetry Workshop! (starts Sept. 16) Apply to join us today! www.brownbaglit.com/classes We will be workshopping poems and reading books by: ‪@phoebereeves.bsky.social‬ Caroline M. Mar Laurie Ann Guerrero @meganleonard.bsky.social‬

Ready to turn your writing dreams into reality? Join our Lunch Break Writers accountability group! ​✍️ ​After a short summer break, Lunch Break Writers is back!

Need some writing inspiration? I post a weekly #RandomWritingPrompt over at Brown Bag Lit!

Woohoo! Our @brownbaglit.bsky.social fall season opens with POETRY! See you there!

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: Name colors in a piece of writing. Be as specific as possible. Does the color change in the light? Season? How the character feels? Does the color reflect the plot or tone? Or does it stand out to provide contrast?

I'm offering an MFA style poetry writing workshop through @brownbaglit.bsky.social (monthly class and individual meetings) Sept. - Dec. The class is limited to four students and two seats remain. Interested in joining us? Apply today! www.brownbaglit.com/classes

#MovieKid reviews A Quiet Place: Day 1 with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

This fall, I'm offering a new, MFA style poetry writing workshop through @brownbaglit.bsky.social! Limited seats available; apply today to join us! www.brownbaglit.com/classes

#MovieKid reviews A Quiet Place Part II with @profhansnoel.bsky.social Have you seen it? Do you agree with his review? Check out his ratings and leave him a note: www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...

I'm offering a new poetry workshop this fall. @brownbaglit.bsky.social email subscribers just received the details on the four (!) seats available for this intensive workshop. Let me know if you'd like to join our email list and learn more. Can't wait! Rolling admissions. www.brownbaglit.com

SHHHH. #MovieKid reviews A Quiet Place. with @profhansnoel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@movies4all6...