End of semester… Finally. And along the way, I managed to write two book proposals and a sample scene for a prospective publisher.

I forgot how much I love to write.

November 2025: The Things They Carry

Sponsored by PennWriters - Full Course

Explore how characters' interactions with objects can deepen your story. Learn to use props and "bits of business" to enhance characterization, add subtext, and propel your plot forward. Suitable for fiction writers of all levels and genres.

Format: Weekly on-demand lectures, worksheets, and live online workshop/feedback sessions with fellow writers

Duration: 4 weeks

When: Tuesdays 7-9pm, ET (November 4-25)

Price: $75 members, $100 non-members

Does that happen to you? Do you push aside your life’s loves for the inane distractions of day to day?

What motivated me to scribe again was a smack on the head by someone near and dear to me who rightly said:

You only go this way once.

Damn right. Life’s too short.