Inspiration
Do You Have A Book In You?
Recently at a party, a photographer and I eagerly compared how, in our work, we blur the lines between commercial and artistic. I found it intriguing when she shared shooting headshots for actors and models present different challenges. Actors, she said, are more malleable, whereas models often have limited flexibility from their ‘look.’ With a…
Read MoreAfter The Deadline
After the researching, drafting, editing, and dancing the final adrenaline-fueled dance with the deadline, you submit your writing. Gone; out of your hands. Your desk still looks the same, but there’s an eerie silence. . .except in your head. A writer can often feel lost or jittery, filled with anticipatory dread about the final edit,…
Read MoreCrazy-Busy Writer
When the young writer didn’t communicate in his usual combination of valley-speak and text-speak, I knew something was up. “I’m crazy-busy,” he spouted, jittery as an overly caffeinated Chihuahua. I paused to inhale, maybe have a thought, so he anxiously interrupted to cement his point. “Like, OMG, cray-cray busy!” Oh, NOW I get it! Sure,…
Read MoreDance With The Deadline
As if Frankenstein himself is busting down the door, many writers are freaked slap out by the deadline. The writer will cower and bargain with the monster, begging for more time to explore and re-work. Any argument tempts nature like a rooftop experiment in an electrical storm ultimately making the writer feel crazy-mad, defeated and,…
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