inspiration
November 18, 2009
- I'm an artist by trade and the urge to write came quite by surprise. I've dabbled in it a bit before but nothing as monumental as writing a mystery novel. Writing, I found, and very much to my surprise, was just painting with words. With a brush I can gently stroke indigo blue or vermilion onto a canvas to shadow a face in remorse. The same can be said of the words I brush across a page ...
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November 18, 2009
- Hump Day! Looking ahead at things to come.... It's hump day. A time to look ahead at things to come. In the future, I plan on featuring other authors and their latest releases here each Wednesday. If you're interested, contact me at (maryjeason@netzero.com). 2010 is open at this time.Today, I'll be featuring one of my upcoming releases, Forbidden Passion, coming to New Concepts Publishing ...
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November 1, 2009
- Dear Friends,This evening, I'm thinking of all of you who have taken on the challenge of National Novel Writing Month; of all of you who have simply taken on the challenge of writing, or of reading deeply into books; and of all of us, together, who simply live up or down, each day, to the challenge of living. There are times when we need, when we want, when we can call on deep, ...
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October 31, 2009
- I’ve discovered a fun new hobby in revisiting some memories of my youth through the pop culture markers that framed them. Whether these memories are triggered by old songs, movies, television programs or books, it’s fascinating to take them in again a decade or two since they were the must see, hear, or read of their time. It all started when I sat down to watch “The Wizard of Oz” ...
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October 27, 2009
- As writers we take our shots where and when we can get them. A recent adventure to the Austin Film Festival proved to be just the inspiration I needed. If you are an aspiring screen writer, or writer in general, this was the place to be. First I must mention one of the classes I took was called A Shot of Inspiration, and as the class was in session, Daniel Petrie, Jr., writer of Beverly Hills ...
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October 23, 2009
- Three quick things...1. If you have written or are writing a novel, you need to go visit Alexandra Sokoloff at http://thedarksalon.blogspot.com. She is a screenwriter-turned-novelist with some great insights on how to build a compelling story.This was the post that hooked me. 2. This is my song for the week, in fact it might be my song for the last few months. Sometimes we just need to slow ...
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October 23, 2009
- Last night my son and I went to a DC jazz club to hear the band Slumgum, whose pianist is the son of a friend. The musicians on tenor sax (Jon Armstrong), piano (Rory Cowal), bass (David Tranchina) and drums (Trevor Anderies) produced a vital and exciting mix of jazz, improv and contemporary classical music. As I watched and listened to these four young men (they appear to be in their mid-to-late ...
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October 21, 2009
- Sometimes, inspiration for novels comes not from the full on imagination of my overripe and often bizarrely tuned mind. I envision, dream, conjure, and then pull forth from that synaptic place a story. Often, though, a novel comes from the world around. I find tantalizing newspaper stories; I overhear conversations; I read articles. And then, a story starts to grow. The time between ...
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October 17, 2009
- Letting Go Over the past month, I have shared my worries and excitement concerning the publication of my memoir. To be completely honest, I was unprepared for the emotional exhaustion that accompanies publication. I've been an emotional wreck. I fretted over the few copies of Musical Chairs that escaped with a few typos and the fear of eminent judgment and misinterpretation of my words, but ...
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October 16, 2009
- You've heard it a thousand times - "you just need a change." For creative folk, a change of scenery and a change of pace are essential. I just returned from Italy and it did me a world of good even though I dreaded the trip for the upheaval it would bring to my well-ordered life. But upheaval is essential, like a good yanking away of all that safe stuff we cling to daily like a life ...
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