I’m doing a new comic story called CARRIER with artist Daniel LaFrance. I sent him the script yesterday, and today he posted a preliminary sketch of our main character on his blog. Meet Clara: Daniel also writes his own stories. Check out this little gem online, and look for one of his tales in the [...]
Bonus Fiction: Tidal
Flash Fiction Fridays have been by far the most popular feature on this blog to date, so today I thought I’d post a bonus fiction. I stumbled across this story in my computer as I was researching Thursday’s post. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw it. I wrote it in 2002 or [...]
Flash Fiction Fridays: Fish Out of Water
I don’t think second person is used enough in fiction. So this week’s story is second person. This is the first tale that was over the 500-word count when I finished the first draft. 600, to be exact. So I had to do some heavy editing, but I think it’s all for the best. This [...]
Birth of an Idea
Where do you get your ideas? If you’re a writer, I’m sure you’ve gotten this question before. The truth is, for me at least, every idea is different and enters my life in a different manner. This is the story of one of them. This is how PAPER CUTS came to be. First, if you [...]
Manifesto
I had the pleasure of working for several years for Zach Helm, an extremely talented writer who had set out for himself a personal writing manifesto. Sort of his own individual DOGME 95 Vow of Chastity. And it was working. His vision for his carer was coming true. It got me thinking about my comic [...]
Blah
I have the blahs today.
Choosing a Career
Yesterday after church Erin and I were having lunch with some new friends. Erin met Elizabeth at Bergdorf’s as a stranger, but it turns out she and her husband were good friends with many of our own good friends, in both LA and New York. At one point in the conversation, Erin asked Elizabeth if [...]
How Do You Work Out?
As a (comic) writer? Here’s some of my writing-muscle workout: 1.) Be Consistent: Write every day. 2.) Be Sure to Stretch: Develop skills in every type of writing. Comic scripting, screenwriting, prose, poetry, playwriting, songwriting, etc. I’m currently working on prose, which is one of the reasons I’m doing Flash Fiction Fridays. And I don’t [...]
Flash Fiction Fridays: Prodigal
PRODIGAL It was a small, privately-maintained park on the northern edge of Greenwich Village, half an already-tiny triangular city block. The signs asked that visitors please stick to the walkways, but Jessica knew she couldn’t hurt the grass. Each of her steps left strange little swirls in her wake because the grass bent toward her [...]
Living in the Future
Yesterday I finally discovered a physical workspace. The Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public library. A short 9-block walk downtown. It’s not the first, or even closest, library location I’ve visited, but the other two were too small, too sterile and had nowhere to set up a laptop. This branch has none of [...]
