WRITE ON WRITER’S…WRITE ON!When writing gets tough, we need to write on. In the on-again, off-again love affair life of being a writer, the writer can be certain that he or she will one day wonder if the process of writing is worth all the trouble. We wonder because writing is lonely. Writing is intoxicating. Writing is frustrating, fulfilling, heartbreaking, complicated, and most of all… Read more
CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITINGChildren’s Book Writing can be a difficult task, but from the minute we sit down to write something without an assignment from a teacher, we are officially writers.
The minute we have a desire to create something out of nothing, we are writers. The minute we answer a story call from the deepest parts of our souls, we are writers and we are at our very best.
After 7 seasons of Law & Order, 2 seasons on The Big Easy for USA Networks, writing and directing a nightmare job for Lions Gate Films (Venice Underground), adapting a NY Times best seller for 2oth Century Fox Read more
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION: From Page To ScreenWhat does it take to turn your middle grade fiction novel and turn it into a screenplay? There isn’t a one-word answer, but there are some secrets to consider.
First off, let’s face it…as writers, we are somewhat of an odd bunch. I mean, who else can stand to sit in a room by themselves for hours on end. This says nothing of the fact we are known to talk to ourselves now and again. Someone once said… Read more