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Here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality. More words, more hours, more stories. We have two goals: 2021 creative hours and 52 stories at the end of the year. So far, we are on target. Which, I know, isn’t much to say at this point of the year, but on the other…
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Greetings from the frozen tundra known as Texas. We are still in snow/ice conditions and the state is still dealing with rolling blackouts to protect our aged power grid. Who knew wind turbines could freeze? Thankfully, we have power and internet where I live, so Tuesday’s Tool Time post can proceed. My wonderful family had…
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Growing up in New Jersey, we listened to a lot of AM radio, but back then, THE station was WABC, the New York City top forty station. That was the station my little white and blue clock radio alarm was set to…unless. Unless there was the chance of snow. Then I would turn the knob…
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Molly Jong Fast on the upcoming anniversary of the pandemic quarantine. Lent is coming up this week. I think I will give up Twitter and Instagram like these folks. Had a great conversation at work about respect. Source document here. Some advice from Courtney Carver. A rags to riches tale in 10 Dowling street. Looking…
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Once again, let’s take a look at one of the multitudes of writing books I have read through the years. I have plenty, so these Friday peeks at my book shelves should last a while. Published in 1934, Dorthea Brande’s Becoming a Writer is a short but encouraging book chockfull of great advice. She was…
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It’s Wednesday. I am home sick, but my COVID test is negative, so it’s just a normal cold. And my voice is gone, so it’s pretty pitiful. Here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality. More words, more hours, more stories. The goal is 52 stories at the end of the year. So…
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Today I celebrate the most important tool in my world right now. My Hamilton Beach drip coffee maker. It is what is saving me this week ( I know, it’s only Tuesday.) But someone in the house had a cold last week and I have seemed to have caught it. (Really, only a cold, his…
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Is nothing sacred? Covid is seeming to change all the things that make us human. Ok, that’s a little much, but this New York Times article reports that the French Labor Ministry will now allow employers to eat lunch at their desks. I read the article and had to process this a bit. The government,…
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