The Writing Record

My friends, here's a few thoughts on the Coalition's debut project The Square, as well as me atoning for the delays on just about everything.

Much …

Had a rough few days. But we're moving forward! Here's an update on the Cluster 1 project.

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Hi friends,

I am creating original work and have two weeks to do it. This is an update on what's to come: Cluster 1, due at the end of February. Stop by for more info: https://coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/

Much …

Hi friends,

Started the Coalition for Digital Narratives this year. This is an update on what's to come: Cluster 1.

Stay tuned for more short updates!

https://coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/

Much love,

j

Hi friends,

It pains me to do this. It pains me to let go of projects I enjoy doing so much, but oftentimes, life is a lot to accommodate and a decision had to be made. I'm cutting down on a few creative things to make …

Hi there,

Back on track! I've been thinking this month of not only spooky things, but how to be more actively in my local creative community. This is when the soapbox comes out, while I desperately watch the words out …

Just working on things. And processing. Much love.

j

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We made a film a while back. I think it's time I celebrate my friends' performances in this project. I am forever grateful they helped …

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Here's a few things on my mind and some links to get the creative brain jumpstarted:

• Norm Macdonald passed this week, and it's a bummer.
• …

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Here's a few things that jumpstarted my creativity this week:

• The Matrix Resurrection trailer is here! A few thoughts about it as well as …

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Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Mervyn McManus' death. I found out about it on the anniversary of his passing. He was a musician I found on myspace long ago. I wanted to share a few words and …

Hi friends,

Here we go!

Let's talk about the following 3 links, because they inspired me plenty.

• Teslabot announced.
• Celebrating portraitist Hung …

Hi there, here's a rant for creatives!

I talk about my love and hesitation to collaborate with technology.

I wonder if the Storybot Writing Prompt App

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the new and improved Writing Record! I feel there is purpose in the air. Check it out!

I'd like to share a lesson about not deleting your super important files. Unless you're looking to have an …

Hi there,

I am pleased to announce Arts Calling is now available! A new podcast to celebrate creatives across disciplines and cultural backgrounds, …

Okay, here’s a long overdue Writing Record about where I’ve been the last month. My sincere apologies for the delays on the current projects. I hope …

Hello there,

• Today I'm talking to myself about my first #pitmad event on Twitter.
• This leads me to wonder whether what publication means to me now.
• …

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

So here we are friends, I am relieved to be done with the week:

• Schedule change threw me for a loop and it seems the …

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I'm trying something new. Episode 1 of what may become a limited series in the next week or so. Today I have the pleasure of chatting with my pal Trevor Lutz about life, the cosmos, and how he approaches his …

Lunchbreak episode where I decided to experiment with Bandlab during a podcast session, to test out a feature on my Zoom L8. And so today you get a …

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I'd like to talk to you about a few things:

-How this audio play is helping me discover my writing stasis. -Every day poetry is helping me get through busy days once again. -Maybe it's time to start planning …

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I am working on an interactive audio drama, so I was thinking of spectacle this week. Specifically, I was thinking of how its tools can …

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This week I've been haunted by Werner Herzog's Lessons of Darkness. It is a masterful documentary on the aftermath of the oil fields in …

Hi there, let's talk and reminisce from the heart:

• Today I finished the draft of Erin's audio monologue!
• Is it me, or do you have to eat a big bowl …

Hi there!

I'm testing the Zoom L8 to look into podcasting in our living room. I ran the file through noise reduction through Audacity a few times for minimal post and this is what we got. We'll see what the living room …

Whoa I'm back at it again!

Thanks for your patience as I come out of this allergy fog to start recording again!

I want to talk to you about my close call during our recent snowstorm, our toilet deciding to ruin …

Back at it again. Moving forward with audio only versions of these ramblings. I meditate on my hesitation to keep growing the Write/Rec Lab. I am relieved to vent about this, because I don't want to let any of my …

Hi everyone,

I recorded an episode last week but I hated doing it on my phone (now posted on youtube), so here's a better recap of 2020, what I've learned three months into the Write/Rec Lab, as well as some words of …

Hello friends, here's what I was reminded of this week:

• This week I challenged my workflow. It is hard to impose or question the way you do things, …

Hello all!

Welcome to The Writing Record, a creative journal in podcast form where I share lessons I am learning along the way as a working class creative. I am here to write, record, and remind you that I believe in …

Came down with something early last week and it derailed my podcasting plans. Feeling a bit better, so here's this week's show a few days late!

On this one I'm talking to myself about being accommodating to my awesome …

Hello all,

If you hate listening, it's cool, here's the what I've learned this week:

• Projects may be postponed, things may take longer than you …

Hey all!

I recorded this on Friday 10.16.20 because the schedule was a little wonky, but alas. I've had a week of deep thought and realignment. Have …

Happy Monday folks!

Here's a fresh rambling on the most recent barriers to creativity. Also, I don't want to do a video version of The Writing Record …

Trying out video once again for this episode of the Writing Record, if you want to subscribe to our podcast, https://idlewy.blog/the-writing-record/

Thanks!

j

Experiment time! I recorded a video episode! You should probably watch it instead as I am not sure if the audio only version makes sense on its own, …

Hey friends!

Please forgive the allergy voice, I am working on getting that taken care of. I just had such a great week and weekend that I couldn't …

Hey,

Here's what's coming. I'm excited.

https://idlewy.blog/2020/09/11/music-and-bootstraps/

Hello all!

Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! If you don't want to listen, here's what I am affirming for myself today:

• Bite-size projects …

I love it when this podcast becomes a confessional. It has helped me sort a few things over the last couple of months, and hopefully, it will help …

Hello all!

Some off the cuff thoughts about my week off and how it helps to just calibrate what's important in life and art.

• Creative Community is …

• I cut down the children's book to 1000 words!

• I am humbled and grateful by this project.

• I'm tired, but I won Monday.

Much love,

j

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Happy Monday All!

Come along as I discuss a few attempts at self care this past week, as well as the tangle of projects in need of problem solving. …

The hardest part about opening up about writing and how I problem solve, is finding the humility to vocalize my errors out loud. That's why I'm …

Hi people!

• I wanted to breakdown a massive breakthrough I had while writing the third draft of my children's book from scratch once again. I talk …

• I talk about this old script I brought back from the dead and submitted to a competition. You learn a lot about how far you've come when you …

Hello,

I had something come up and I am working on it:

• Reformatting my play "Videotape or Lupe at the End of the World" for a play contest.

• Etc.

I had a fun filled weekend:

• Massive road block with Charlie Bird, should have googled it sooner.

• Poetry breakthrough

• Rode Podcasting …

Can you tell I'm home? I get to record at lunch with ease, so many episodes!

• Typing up Charlie Bird from the handwritten draft.

• Publishing …

I forgot a few things about this weekend:

• Poetry Rejections, keeping me humble and putting me in the right path to learn what poetry actually is …

• Poetry Chapbook Progress. I took this week to gather my poems to put together a chapbook to self-publish. It was time.

• Billy Collins Masterclass. …

• While the children's book draft is in the rearview mirror, I take to assembling my first chapbook to self-publish!

• Starting to keep an eye out …

I finished the draft of the children's book the day I recorded the previous episode. Now what?

• Drafts to make the text amazing.

• Must find an …

• Charlie Bird is coming along! Theme is a naturally occurring thing.

• A memory of when I didn't recognize my Dad when I was six.

• The things I do …

• Testing my "cost-effective" lavalier mic for my ipod, so I can record on the go!

• First project on the list: Charlie Bird: A Children's Book for …

5.18.2020