I Hate Halloween & Why Details Matter — Episode 34 It’s true. I hate Halloween. This week, after a two-week hiatus, I’m coming back on Halloween Saturday. This year, Halloween falls on a Sunday as it did in 1965. In this week’s podcast, I mentioned the occurrence but wasn’t sure of the year. It was […]
Writing Is Writing & Ted Lasso Epi 33 In this week’s The Djuna Shellam Podcast Episode 33, among random stuff and the weather, I talk about the television show Ted Lasso and how writing is writing. Specifically, in creative writing, in my opinion, writing is writing. Are you creating a play? A novel, a short […]
Touched by Books If you’re a reader, particularly of fiction, you’ve been touched by books. I state that as a fact. I can because I know it’s impossible to be a reader and to not have been touched by books. If you haven’t been, you wouldn’t be a reader. It’s why readers read. This week’s […]
When Is Old? When Is Too Old To Write? When is old is a question I’ve asked myself probably a million gajillion times in my life. As a little kid, I defined old as my parents and really old as my aunts, uncles, and grandmothers. But as I’ve aged and old keeps getting closer to me, I keep […]
Talking To Strangers (Engage Listen Learn—Part Two) The Djuna Shellam Podcast Episode 26 In this week’s episode, Talking To Strangers, I revisit the topic of Episode 25 known as Engage, Listen, Learn—and I expound on it. When I say I talk to strangers, I don’t limit my friendliness to humans. No, I’m willing to exchange […]
Recipe or Outline? Follow Or… Not? Recipe or Outline? Follow or not? Two good questions I may have answers for in this week’s The Djuna Shellam Podcast Episode 23. I wanted to do something different, while still connecting the episode topic to writing. Because, after all, the podcast IS about writing. Ah, but it’s also […]
