I Am the Master Chief of My Domain

So much for the quickie rewrite.
I’m currently stuck in the middle of the second draft of my Domestic Comedy. No, that’s not right.  Truth is, I’d like nothing more than to be stuck in the middle of it; I’m actually bogged down at the beginning. And I’m talking the beginning-beginning — I’m less than ten [...]

The Better Half Speaks

This is great — I have a blog that I don’t even have to write for anymore!  Okay, maybe not, but as I deal with various issues on the writing and dadding fronts, the wife asked if she could contribute in my absence.  It turns out that she was only joking, but I made her [...]

CHINESE DEMOCRACY = The PHANTOM MENACE of Rock & Roll?

(An open letter to Axl Rose)
Dear Axl,
I know it’s just the first single, but seriously, man– after 17 years, roughly one hundred zillion dollars’ worth of studio time and half the musicians in the free world joining and leaving the band, you cough up this?  I might have given you a pass if you put [...]

Replacing the Turd (or, A Story Breakthrough)

Tonight I had one of those moments that makes me so happy to be a writer.  As you might have read in yesterday’s post, I’ve been having trouble getting into the rewrite of the Domestic Comedy.  The script reads like I jammed it out in eleven days — which is only fair, since I DID jam [...]

Since When Did Writing Get So Hard?

For the life of me, I can barely write my name lately, let alone an outline or a scene.  What the hell is wrong with me?  Oh, yeah, I’m a parent now.  Of course, who’d want to write when presented the chance to spend the evening playing with this little cutie instead: 

Somebody needs to market an adult-sized [...]

Nothing Should Be Easy (On the Page, Anyway)

I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I last posted — where does the time go? Nothing new to report on the Wedding Comedy front; if I haven’t heard anything by next week, I’m planning on bugging one of the producers for an update. We’ll see if they actually return my calls.
I’ve been [...]

Contests

In case you missed it in the comments section of my last post, reader Matt kindly gave the heads up on a contest I’d never heard of before:
“Also, a little shout-out: I am never a proponent of contests, but this is kind of an insider one.
http://www.trackingb.com/?p=2004
A guy who won honorable mention is repped by my [...]