Reading. Arm. Leaf. Exercise with Gayle.

Think of a verb (ending in -ing), a body part, and an inanimate object.
Start off like this: “After a long day of VERB, s/he discovered that her/his BODY PART was growing INANIMATE OBJECT…”
After a long day of reading, she discovered that her arm was growing a leaf. She wondered how long this one would take [...]

It’s Gayle Brandeis. How Exciting.

So it turns out that our workshop instructor is Gayle Brandeis. I haven’t read anything of her, but I’m going to make sure I do before the summer ends. She seems like such a lovely person, she really does. She smiles all the time. I mean seriously, she smiles as she watches you talk, as [...]

First Day of Writing Workshop

I feel terrible, I haven’t started reading the other book yet. I just started the second summer session and today is my first day. I have to write two short stories for this comming five weeks. I’m exited but at the same time terrified. My last workshop I had been having trouble, aside from the [...]

Short Read and Lovely Promises

I’ve just finished reading Song for Night by Chris Abani, it is a short read and lovely in a beautiful way. I enjoyed reading it. It does have a lot of gruesome descriptions, so I really don’t recommend it to those who are very squimish, those who don’t like reading about killing and decapitating and [...]

Downtown Blogging… The Van Nuys Bldg

The Van Nuys building on 7th and Spring is being prepared to remodel. This building is so old, from the early 1900s. The architecture is beautiful. It has eleven floors and roof access. Inside there is a spiral staircase- marble- that has been closed off, I’m not sure why. The elevator doors still have that [...]