So Long — Season 2 Episode 13 As much as I hate to do it, I’m saying so long — for now. Yes, that’s right. I’m stepping away from my podcast. It might be for a month or two or… forever. It makes me sad, but… it’s what I need to do for now. At […]
Writer’s Block & Other Stuff — Season 2 Episode 11 In this week’s podcast episode, I talk about writer’s block & other stuff. What’s the other stuff? Y’know, just… stuff. Stuff like… the weather (which has been a teensy bit wild), why I don’t hate all advertising, and some of my favorite writing tools. But, […]
At The Movies With Elvis & Music Biopics — Season 2 Episode 10 At the movies with Elvis & music biopics is this week’s topic in Episode 10 Season 2 of The Djuna Shellam podcast. Aside from the silent movies of a bygone era, the written word is important and essential to the making of […]
People & Characters Are Complicated — S2E9 A lot of times when I happen to say people & characters are complicated, complicated is a euphemism for crazy. You know what I’m talking about. That’s not true for this blog or this week’s podcast episode. No, today, I actually mean to say they’re complicated. People are, […]
Story Arcs — The Djuna Shellam Podcast S2 E8 Riffing off last week’s episode, this week I’ve set my sights on the story arcs. I’m using an excellent article by Joe Bunting on The Write Practice website as a reference, but there are scads of others if you feel compelled to explore further. I won’t […]
Explaining The Trope Season 2 Episode 7 What, praytell, is a trope? In Episode 7 I address that very question. The use of the word trope can be confusing because depending upon the context, it can have a different meaning. Figures of Speech In literature, it’s one of the major types of figures of speech, […]
