Read Write Play: 2020
2020's pandemic-disrupted Read Write Play recap: novel progress, Stephen King lessons, reduced blogging, and Beatles-Bach piano connections.
2020
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Thu 31 December 2020
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Thu 10 December 2020
A new routine
Establishing a new daily routine during the pandemic with early morning workouts, family time, and work-from-home balance strategies.
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Sun 25 October 2020
On community
Examining political differences between 'protect what's mine' vs 'share what's ours' through the lens of privilege, community, and immigration policy.
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Sat 24 October 2020
I'm now an adjunct!
Becoming an adjunct business professor at DVC, where my grandfather once performed in choir, to teach digital marketing and bring real-world experience to students.
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Sun 27 September 2020
A one-hour brain dump
Stream-of-consciousness reflections on California life during the pandemic, neighborhood conversations, and considering leaving the Bay Area.
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Sun 23 August 2020
Three early observations about writing a novel
Three insights from writing my first novel: character development drives story, fiction flows like dreaming awake, and decision fatigue is real.
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Thu 02 July 2020
Origin story of my protagonist's wife
Character development exercise: creating the backstory for Jo, the protagonist's wife in my novel, through a childhood food kitchen experience.
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Tue 30 June 2020
My first protagonist's origin story
Origin story for my novel's protagonist: seven-year-old Ben's Air Jordan disappointment when parents lose income, shaping his adult drive for control.