With the kids going back to school, you might be thinking of hitting the books yourself and brushing up on your writing skills. The ideal writing class would teach you important skills to help you hone your craft, inspire you to keep on writing, offer feedback and...
This autumn, I'll be teaching a series of writing workshops at the Main Branch of the Parsippany Library in Parsippany Troy-Hills, NJ. These are available free to the public and will run every Monday night from September 11th through October 16th from 7 pm until 8 pm....
Gosh, I haven't done one of these in ages. Mostly because of the whole issue with the new blog post notifications that I explained here. I've actually got a lot going on... but I can't actually announce all of it yet so that'll have to wait for a future post. In the...
Like to get an email whenever there is a new post on this site? I've made a small change to how that works you may want to know about! Short version: New blog post notification emails will now come as they happen and are a separate mailing list from the mail mailing...
What is the NaNoWriMo Global Write-In Crawl (GWIC)? TL; DR: The Global Write-In Crawl (GWIC) is an international, volunteer-run event held over the chat app Discord where writers from all over the world are invited to socialize and participate in "stops" aka writing...
When I redid this website back in August of 2014 (God, has it seriously been that long???) I picked the theme I did because it was supposed to be mobile responsive and constantly updated so it would work on mobile even as standards changed. But then, shortly after the...
4TheWords is a fun and productive writing game that I've been playing since May 2018 and highly recommend. It gamifies writing, making the process of building a writing habit fun with an RPG style fantasy game where you defeat monsters, craft items and progress...
artwork by Melissa Schenter See a spooky production of my Edgar Allan Poe inspired play, The Raven / Lenore as well as two other great creepy plays, from the comfort of your own home this weekend only! The Rude Mechanicals, normally the home of kick-ass Shakespeare...
I've been on a blogging and social media hiatus basically since the pandemic started but that doesn't mean I haven't still been working. But things have been kind of crazy and time's blurring together so I figured now might be a great time to remind you of everything...
Long time no chat! I'm still on my hiatus from social media but I want to pop in with some exciting news! My first play specifically for elementary school aged performers and up, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Storm, is now available exclusively through...
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