Haven't written a new script in over two years. I've been distracted by writing novels and publishing on Amazon. Still enjoy learning more about it. Next to songwriting, it is the most demanding with the highest pay per written word. Learned that from a speaker at our writer's conference once.
Enjoying the presenters on the GenreSummit.com, today being the fourth day. Listen to webinars instead of music sometimes, while working. Wrote another 1500+ words on Wild Violets today, makes nearly 16,000 during camp and brings the book total to about 45,000. Too slow, but forward.
Only listened to one session tonight, Marc Manus, a literary manager to screenwriters and agents. His advice was brutally honest. To succeed, you have …show more content…
Writing
Not certain sometimes how artistic are my endeavors, but the desire is there to create something that will resonate with others and be memorable.
When the world is full of terror and strife and the soldiers of Satan are busy plowing through carefree crowds, one needs to escape to a different kind of world. Makes one remember how important artists, musicians, and writers are.
Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt
Twitter was full of tweets about this artist tonight. Born 154 years ago, the Austrian symbolist painter was banned early in his life for his erotic depictions of women which were called pornographic. Not sure, see so much worse on television these days, difficult to be shocked by a bare breast when it's part of a Super Bowl half-time game.
Think most of his images are incredibly beautiful, and love the way he captures the emotion of love and family. It's a transient and difficult thing to capture, and its still shimmering there in his pictures to see and feel. Notice his work is still for sale on hundreds of sites. When you're still being shared, criticized, and adored after all these years, you've done something pretty