Picking Up The Sax (Sax on Fridays)

Feb 8, 2019 | music

Just like Tory in Tonic Chords, I’m picking up the saxophone to see how difficult it is for someone who plays the clarinet to learn, and to teach, the saxophone. I’ve actually had my saxophone for several months. It’s taken me this long to kind of...

Write What You Know…But Don’t Bore People

Nov 26, 2018 | writing

One of the most common pieces of writing advice is write what you know. And yet, I’ve read books that were so heavy on the detail that the story became bogged down or lost completely. It’s a very fine line to walk in writing what you know and boring the...