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A Timely Way to Check Your Plot
Like many writers, I constantly hunt for strategies, tips and fairy dust to improve the structure of my novel-in-progress and various screenplays. Usually after I gather these gems of writerly wisdom, I lose them. You see, I got a super-sized helping of the creativity...
ROBIN’S CLOSE-UP: Stacy Hawkins Adams on Time Management
Whenever I juggle a million things, “I pretend to be Stacy,” as in Stacy Hawkins Adams, author of 10 books, a speaker, writing coach, full-time communications pro, columnist and mom of two active wunderkinds. Stacy obviously practices winning time-management...
Durrow and Djerassi Empowered This Artist
So it has been a while since I posted. But following my awesome experience with a new offering affiliated with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, my mindset has changed and so too, my actions. I was one of seven aspiring debut novelists selected for a writing...
Cruising Internet-Free
Unplugging from the internet and cell phone for a week seemed unimaginable when I set off for a 7-day Caribbean cruise with my mom. During previous cruises I would use my phone to check email and text and we always purchased the ship’s cheapest internet package to...
Words + Actors = Magic
A table reading of my Flipper Girl script at the Gottwald Playhouse edged me closer to one of the hardest goals I’ve ever set: to sell this story about a webbed-foot, half-mermaid teen, which tackles bullying, diversity and environmental awareness with a...
Monument Ave. 10K Provides New Insight
Two minutes into the Ukrop’s Monument Ave. 10K yesterday, I started weeping. The tears caught me off guard. I was swept up in a wave of walkers and joggers moving along Broad Street when I spotted several blind participants easing into the far right side of the...