Electrolicious

There are those who use their vocabularies for the forces of evil. I’ve worked on two different occasions with two different men who have taken great pleasure in using words to intimidate. One liked using overly academic language to describe simple tasks, the other liked to speak only in marketing jargon and buzz words. Both [...]

I’m getting ready to start a short story. Can you believe this? Fiction! If I was a skilled fiction writer, maybe I could even turn the idea into a novel…but seeing as how I haven’t written fiction since 10th grade, I’m not going to bite off more than I can chew.
The story takes its theme [...]

…Comes around. Take a peek at the hooping article I wrote on-spec for the LA Weekly.

I’d almost forgotten about the project I started the last time I was unemployed: my book. I’m about 35,000 (very rough) words into a collection of essays. A friend in the book industry told me I should have about 50,000 words before I start looking for an agent.
But it was more than just my job [...]

Sometimes, pursing a creative career feels like walking a hair-fine line between burn-out and sell-out.
If, in the interest of exposure or experience, you give too much of your work away for free…you get burnt out. No validation. Wheels spinning. Exhaustion.
If, in the interest of financial gain or career advancement, you cater your craft to another’s [...]

Anyone who knows me will get a giggle out of my next assignment for The Weekly: a “jaundiced” look at the world of fire performing.
I will have to write it carefully, or risk being run out of Seattle by friends waving flaming poi and shouting for my head on a spit.

My article in the current Seattle Weekly is now online and in print. I would just like to say that I am happy to see my writing and a photo of Michael Jackson on the same page.