I'm having a kind of crazy year and I think it's probably easiest to just show you what I mean rather than try to explain. Not counting all the events I'm running (and fundraising stunts I'm coordinating) for NaNoWriMo or family holidays and other obligations, this is...
This is another Frequently Asked Question I get every year. What is a NaNoWriMo rebel? How do you become one? What are the rules of being one? Simply put, anyone who is creating their own version of the NaNoWriMo challenge instead of following the official contest...
Is it me or do I look incredibly stupid in every thumbnail? This one might be the worst yet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAYl0MT7xo Anyway, if you'd rather read than listen, you can find the original here.
I don't know about you but there are still a few hours left to go before National Novel Writing Month starts in my neck of the woods and for some time zones there are many hours left before the starting pistol. But instead of sitting here chomping at the bit like a...
I've written a TON of posts and articles about NaNoWriMo in my decade+ participating in the event and serving as an ML and I'll be the first to admit that a lot of this info is really hard to find on this site. To that end, I've created this master post to serve as a...
Luck has absolutely nothing to do with NaNoWriMo. Let me explain in this video pep talk adapted from this popular post from years past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Lh3ij7jyw
I adapted one of my most popular NaNoWriMo pep talks into a video. Going to be doing that with several bits of old content in the near future since it just makes sense! Here is is below: https://youtu.be/lcq7Ga31URU
It's hard to say exactly what draws me to adaptation. Most of the time, I like something in it but hate the rest of it and I end up adapting it to "fix" whatever's annoying me about the original. But every now and then, I read a story that just makes me say aloud,...
It's been 13 freaking years since I decided to read the Tale of Tales. Almost three years since I actually started reading it and realized I wanted to adapt, like, all of it. Nearly a year since I had to read it all over again because I realized I was reading an...
In all the hubbub lately, I forgot to share that my play, Weak Days, won in the one-act category of The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 16th Annual New Play Contest. They'll be a reading of the play with minimal staging at The Chameleon Theatre Circle's New Play Festival...
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