Author: L.S. Childe

1828 words today (on a goal of 1766).  Great start! today's: quote: "Not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis.  Begin anywhere."  -Bruce Mau (Never heard of NaNoWriMo?  See here!)

Whether you celebrate it or not, you can probably appreciate that Halloween brings out in our culture an unparalleled ability to face that which scares us most.  At no other time will you see people blithely walking into inky darkness, standing up to ghosts and the undead, staging surgeries in sensitive regions, and actively celebrating spiders and bats - sometimes smiling. … Continue reading witchy woman

Johnny Appleseed was not his real name, of course. He was born John Chapman, but since that doesn't have nearly as good of a ring to it - and you can't get anywhere as an American icon without a really catchy stage name - his peers assigned him the clever moniker by which we know him today.

Any woman who has ever been pregnant knows that the mere act of conception somehow puts a stamp on her forehead - with or without her permission! - allowing absolutely anyone to say absolutely anything about her at absolutely anytime. Here are some real life comments made to pregnant women I know: -Wow, you are… Continue reading say anything

I am reading today about how to write comedy and I have to wonder: Is that a contradiction?  In other words, if I have to read about it, does that automatically indicate that I don't have the gift? Of course, many successful humorists write about it.  There are scads of helpful pieces out there about how to write comedy, how… Continue reading how to write funny

Why "write naked?" defining naked (from wordnet.princeton.edu): 1. bare: completely unclothed; "naked from the waist up" 2. having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare 3. without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye" 4. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and… Continue reading emerging