There is always a more true version. We just have to write it.
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When Your Children Say, "We Got You"
I did a scary thing. I auditioned for a show in which you read the words you wrote. Like, in front of people. On a stage. And before you can do that you read it in front of the showrunners who decide if your piece fits. And when you go to do this you sit outside the audition room with your printed copies and you make small talk with the other people auditioning and you have to tell them that this is your second time trying to do it which makes you feel like a loser even though you told yourself all the right (and true) things about how rejection…
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When Your Children Say, “We Got You”
Every once in a while I get to catch a glimpse of what we're building here with these kiddos. And it's gorgeous.
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NaBloPoMo and Pyramid Schemes
Allllright so I was feeling ambitious? And I thought, “Yeah, I can do BOTH NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo! WRITE ALL THE THINGS!” No, no. I can’t. But I am here at a coffee shop trying to focus on the NaNo, but finding it impossible because developing next to me is clearly a pyramid scheme sort of sales pitch. I only know because I have heard somany. So many. So so so many. Though by the sounds of it, there could be prostitution involved. I’ll give you a couple telltale phrases so you, too, can spot a scheme: 1. “What we like to do here is just, you know, get to know people…” – this will precede some…
