by jess | Oct 31, 2011 | Ear Candy
…and Chuck and Vin and Jim. 5 guys named moe. These 5 guys are my bosses and some of the nicest and most talented musicians I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. And I am not just saying that because they pay me. (Actually, I pay me. Cuz I’m in charge...
by jess | Oct 29, 2011 | Brain Candy, Write to Live, Live to Write
Don’t worry. My mouth had a hard time pronouncing it at first, too. But my brain knew from the minute it learned about National Novel Writing Month, it wanted to participate this year. For those of you unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it’s 30 days and nights of...
by jess | Oct 27, 2011 | Eye Candy
I happen to have a really nice friend named Justin, and Justin happens to have really nice eyes. Here’s a tiny exercise for my writing friends (especially my WNYRW friends) – what do his eyes say to you? Could they inspire six sentences, a thousand words,...
by jess | Oct 26, 2011 | Write to Live, Live to Write
While on a girlfriends’ getaway weekend this summer, I stumbled across this old typewriter in a consignment shop. Tears literally came to my eyes as the memories came to mind: Countless hours were spent as a teen hammering away on my old black Underwood (which...
by jess | Oct 26, 2011 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Are you shocked that I’ve jumped on the bandwagon (blogwagon?) and started this here page? Me too. Seriously. I barely have time to sleep, let alone BLOG. Plus, who wants to hear my muttered musings? My cat and my kid have both learned to tune me out and...