got stories?

November 23, 2011

wow.  i havent posted in forEVER!  i guess i’ve been buried in stories – family stories, disney stories, my own stories – it’s been quite a florida autumn! the good news is that these stories are all blessings.  my latest family story was a surprise celebration for my hubby’s 50th birthday, my freelance disney story continues to [...]

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writing with my whole self

October 11, 2011

since stories are built with words, and words come out one at a time – even tho often they tumble in a rush – i sometimes find myself lost.  writing can be as difficult as that old adage “one day at a time.”  great as a philosophy, excruciating as a life choice. one day at [...]

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what is it about words?

October 1, 2011

what is it about words that so turns our hearts, forges paths into our souls, welds us together? i just listened to some young women sing their poetry at a music festival in my town – o-town – and i was struck once again by how many of us express our innermost feelings through language. [...]

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it’s my birthday

September 26, 2011

yep.  it is.  and i am planning to celebrate all day long why not? it’s the only day of the year where we get to absolutely swing and swagger – flaunt and flourish – grin and giggle – all over a celebration of ourselves.  why do you suppose we don’t take advantage of this lovely [...]

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check out the dasein project

September 23, 2011

i have four brothers – all of them seriously incredible – and my youngest brother, jason, has got a really cool thing going on over at the dasein project - an online community of deep-thinking people talking about philosophy, art and culture. he’s gathered an eclectic group with minds and hearts full of worthwhile ideas and [...]

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online interview w/Potomac Review

September 22, 2011

i was interviewed by Potomac Review as a contributor of their Best of Potomac Review Issue #50 and the interview is now live online at their blog. In the future it can be found by searching the Potomac Review blog site with today’s date: September 22, 2011.  

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musing my way through

September 22, 2011

i drive an hour (or so) each way when i make my way down to disney to work with the show directors on various scripts and things. on my way i usually talk to my mother – or listen to music – or call a friend.  i go twice a week, sometimes three.  that’s a [...]

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working a story

September 19, 2011

so i’ve been working a story over the past couple of days and i must say i rather prefer it when a story works me.  the rush of a nugget of passion, in the form of imaginative words, spilling out fully formed…is a thrill i will never outgrow.  molding a story, seeking to find its [...]

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new happenings

September 13, 2011

so in the past couple of days i have been asked to do a couple of cool things! first of all potomac review emailed me (the review that just published a story of mine in their “best of potomac”) and asked if they could interview me for the next issue! yay! scondly a local music [...]

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9-11

September 12, 2011

i dont know if its possible to traumatize yourself from watching too many images of other people’s trauma, but i seem to be trapped in 9-11.  television is a powerful medium. there are some accounts, seen in the hours of stories i watched yesterday, that haunt me more than others.  the children who never met [...]

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