Had an extended discussion today with Josh about "genre," a holdover from my time out in Nashville. I love podcasting with that dude. We recorded another great one today watching The French Connection. Certainly not our favorite of the films we've watched thus...

You guys...I just had a fun writing session. Jesus, I don't know how long it's been since that was the case, but it just happened. And maaann...I know why. It's because I was writing a scene I knew worked. Mystery. Intrigue. Action. Clear genre, clear stakes....

I might be off count again on the blog numbers. I'm not quite sure. At the very least, I know that I've been counting correctly for the past three months. Before that? Not sure. I just saw with a new sidebar feature that gives me post counts by category that I might...

This week was a challenging one. Mentally. Physically. I stretched myself this week. It was exciting, overwhelming, uncomfortable at times, and I thought a lot about how this feeling of things whirling around me, moving fast, feeling as though I wasn't on solid...

Super short entry again tonight because I am snuggled in my bed at HOME. Oohhhhh how good it feels. Travels today were bumpy, literally, but otherwise easy peasy. Dallas has a very shiny new terminal for Southwest. And it's wet and rainy, like, everywhere in the...

Today was the last day of training out here in Nashville and I feel...full. Filled up with information. Not disk overload...but full. I have a lot of learning left to do. I went through the binder we were given, and we covered everything in there, but there's like...

Entries have been short the past couple nights, but only because it's a bit of the old brain overload after these long days PLUS watching a movie at night, and then doing homework. Tonight we watched Gloria, which I guess was one of those critically-acclaimed...

Day three of the SG editing training. We watched Star Wars tonight which was soooo much fun. I can't wait tomorrow to go through it all for the Hero's Journey breakdown. I've never actually done it from beginning to end. Anyway, it's late so I'm ending this one quick....

Day two of Ira's mind-explosion tour 2019. The Story Grid Editor Certification Training continues. I'm loving every minute of it, except for being away from Liz and the pups. And no, that's not because I know she'll read that (hi, Bear 😘)...it's true. I miss...