Archive for the 'Creative Writing' Category

Thistledown Thursdays

June 7th, 2007

Thursdays are going to be an experiment in storytelling - where I’ll attempt to write a story or a novel or a series of interconnected stories that all take place in a town called Thistledown. Where is Thistledown? I’m not sure. I know that it is near a river, and not far from the ocean. [...]

Starting & Finishing

April 2nd, 2007

I have great ideas. I love starting new projects. I tend to be pretty terrible with follow through however. D. Keith Robinson’s article Starting vs. Finishing, has some good thoughts on the process of finishing a project. In particular, his argument to make sure you finish before you re-start something instead of starting-over in the [...]

The 2006 American Gem Short Script Competition

September 5th, 2006

Yours Truly has placed in the top 325 for the American Gem Competition with his entry “What the Dragon Said.” Woo-hoo!
American Gem and The Write Brothers are pleased to announce the top 325 screenplays in the American Gem Short Script Competition.
American Gem’s 5th Competition attracted a total of 1176 entries worldwide.
Top 200 will be announced [...]

Subway Haiku #5

July 18th, 2006

an ill lit doorway
splits darkness between stations
inaccessible

a poem begins

March 3rd, 2006

stars fallen to the city, caught
in neon and fluorescence,
stealing light from the sky

Subway Haiku #4

October 27th, 2005

screams outside my head-
phones: metal tearing metal.
a Fall of angels.

Subway Haiku #3

October 5th, 2005

emerging to light
the river shimmers below
out come the cell phones

Subway Haiku #2

September 26th, 2005

station passing by
bodies: frozen heiroglyphs
then gone, slicing time

Subway Haiku #1

August 30th, 2005

waiting underground
graffiti glowing dimly
darkness split apart

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