Roxy Music 50th at MSG
Jill and I saw Roxy Music in their 50th Anniversary Tour at Madison Square Garden. Post includes set list and video!
Category: Arts
My HippoCamp weekend
A recap of my first visit to HippoCamp, a conference for creative nonfiction writers, in Lancaster PA. I also had the pleasure of leading a session, which made the experience all the better.
Join me at HippoCamp 2022
I’ll be speaking at HippoCamp 2022 in August. This is a conference for creative nonfiction writers held each year in Lancaster, in the rolling farmlands of southern Pennsylvania.
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing adapted for business communicators
I thought it might be fun and interesting to apply Elmore Leonard’s famous Ten Rules to business writing.
Anne Lamott on writing
“Don’t be afraid of your material or your past. Be afraid of wasting any more time obsessing about how you look and how people see you. Be afraid of not getting your writing done.”
Joan Didion on writing
“Quite often you want to tell somebody your dream, your nightmare. Well, nobody wants to hear about someone else’s dream, good or bad; nobody wants to walk around with it. The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.”
Peter Greenaway
As I saw more of his films Greenaway became what could only be described as a “retroactive influence” on me, in that he solidified through example what I was already staggering toward on my own.
Terry McMillan on writing
“Don’t worry about how pretty the writing sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don’t care. It’s the people in your book that matter.”
Jennifer Bartlett
Bartlett’s Rhapsody is a synthesis of nearly everything in art up until that moment, while anticipating many of the themes and ideas to come. It is my single favorite artwork of all time.
Black representation in film and TV
The handful of Black creatives who are in prominent off-screen positions are primarily responsible for providing opportunities for other Black off-screen talent. Otherwise, Black talent is largely shut out of those critical roles.