I’m excited about 3 writing points this morning. The first one is how I almost called this post “If Jesus was a writing coach” – similar to my “If Christina Aguilera was a writing coach” – but I had a feeling Jesus might not be nearly as popular as Christina Aguilera – lol. But the [...]
I’ve posted about my favorite SoCal lounge singer, Denny Pezzin, before, but now that he’s in Florida, I thought I’d share an updated pic and his latest email about his shows in the Ft. Myers area. So, if you’re in town you might want to see Denny – and be sure to sign up for [...]
Watching the history of Jazz on my Netflix download queue, I was struck by two opening lines: Jazz is the ultimate in rugged individualism It’s getting up on that stage and saying, “It doesn’t matter how anybody else did it, this is how I’m gonna do it” Wouldn’t it be fabulous if we embraced writing [...]
Before Buddy went to the Rainbow Bridge, I would have said that his brother, Skipper, was my favorite. I would have said that Lovey was next in line. Those two cats certainly treated him like he was third man on the totem pole. When I had dreams symbolizing loss, it was about those 2 cats [...]
I’ve often said that music is my first love – writing is my second. But, by the time I got around to “starting over,” it seemed a bit late to start over with music. I started writing instead. But music plays a part in my writing – not only as inspiration but in scenes in [...]
“The Voice” is teaching me so much – about what artists are hot, what the latest songs are, and introducing me to new artists – I love this! I was bored by pop songs and mostly ignored it over the past 10 years or so, so I am a little slow to the party of [...]
If Christina Aguilera took her vocal coach philosophy and applied it to writing and if she was my writing coach, here’s what she might say to me: “You are so fabulous because you’re willing to step out of your comfort zone and write in more than one genre. You’ve got chick lit, romance, and even [...]
