Category: travel
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New York Dictionary : Car Lockout Kit
What car lockout kit means to a New Yorker:
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New York Dictionary : Walking Shorts
what New Yorkers mean when they say walking shorts :
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Uncon 2016: Author in Progress
We were never meant to go it alone and yet somehow the bad myth of the lone wolf artist persists. It shows up in the isolated anxiety attacks of writers preparing for their pitch slams at a massive conference, in the loneliness of presentations, in the alienation of large group lectures, and in the all-business-no-play…
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BRYAN COFFEY :: IN MEMORIUM
Bryan Coffey passed away a few days ago. He is survived by his wife Shirley Schaubert-Coffey and children and grandchildren and so, so, so many of us. They have a saying in Spanish: The words are grieved. Means that some things are so heartbreaking that it’s folly to try and speak about them. But…
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The 2016 Worbemusties — Worst, Bests, and Musts of the year behind and before
A few years back, I did these Worbemustie awards on my site. It was a way to look backwards and forwards — backwards to the bests and worsts of the previous year (did I accomplish my goals?) and forwards to the next year. The bests, worsts, and musts. You know, The 2016 Worbemusties. We start…
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Writers Retreat and Going Off-Grid
Last week, I took a midweek writers retreat up to Salem, Massachusetts (of witchhunt fame) by way of Boston bus and train. The retreat was organized by those who organized the Writer Unboxed Uncon (the writing conference I won the scholarship to last year). It was informal and available to everyone who went to the conference, so…
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Will My Alma Mater Save 9 Million Dollars ?
Tis the season for phonathons — political, religious, and otherwise. Got a call from my alma mater and I was unfortunately unable to give to their phone-a-thon cause this year, but I figure I can give something better. Something that has me REALLY excited, hopeful, and proud: together, we could generate over $ 9 million in savings…
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How Fred Danback Saved 12,000 Lives on September 11th
From Makoto Fujimura’s Culture Care :: In the early 1960s, Fred Danback came home from the Korean War to work at Anaconda Wire and Cable, a copper wire factory in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, thirty miles north of Manhattan. It was a booming enterprise. But he soon became troubled by what he saw at the factory. To…
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The Last Ship :: The Musical Gotham Deserved, But Not the One it Needs Right Now
Like all of my posts, this one is late. Not late like a marinade or summer come at last. Too late, in this case. Of course, I couldn’t have stopped the inevitable. Recap: Sting (the musician) wrote some songs (a musical) about his town (a shipyard) and it got him out of writer’s block. You…
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New Free Stories from Conference Readings
For the convenience of my fellow conference attendees, I added the stories that I read during the Bedtime Stories reading series.
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Giving Back to Writer UnBoxed: Cold Brewed for $0.99
To give back and pay it forward, I’ve made Cold Brewed available for $0.99 from now until Friday.