Teen Drama Queen

Yesterday, I lead a writing circle with the theme "Teen Drama Queen" for a local Hedgebrook fundraiser.  (Hedgebrook, you might recall, is the Shangri-la of writing retreats for women in Washington State.  Applications are open now, check it out!)

Seriously, this is part of Mount St. Mary's Doheny Campus.

Classes were taught in and around a Victorian mansion on the Doheny Campus of Mount St. Mary's.  So beautiful!

My particular workshop was designed to help adults get in touch with their inner teen in order to write YA.  One of the most popular prompts was about high school crushes.  Here it is-- give it a go!  If you are still in high school, think back to elementary school and have at it:

Crushes

List three to five people you had crushes on

• Choose one
• Write a moment when you acted on (or reacted to) the crush from your point of view
• Write the same scene from their point of view
• Write it from the point of view of an distant observer
• Write what you WISH had happened

Have fun!

Zombie Aftermath, or How I Am So Not Michonne

 

The Walking Dead, Issue #1

 

I'm having surgery today to fix the ACL I tore in my right knee while dodging a zombie at Comic Con last year.  In honor of the event, everyone should read the entire Walking Dead comic book series.  It's different from the TV show.  (Better, in my opinion.)  And the reason why I'm having surgery today.  See how I forgive and forget? 

 

Michonne.  Way cooler than me.

 

Oh, and if you ever see an undead guy in a lab coat coming at you, do yourself a favor and just run away.  Dodging him doesn't seem to work.