Fall is around the corner and Petals and Bones is brewing up some exciting class offerings for the change of seasons. Check out our “Classes” page for details about Dani’s awesome 4 week long, morning creative writing prompt workshop beginning Friday September 17! And that’s not all! We are excited to announce the first session...
Artist Date!
After spending a year in my late teens/early twenties rushing through the hectic streets of West Hollywood to my shitty job as a retail sales clerk in The Beverly Center and being frightened nearly to the point of urinating in my pants by the excessive exposure to horrendous plastic surgery jobs, I swore I...
Whale Bones and Hopes and Pirate’s Treasure
We had our second workshop on Saturday and one of my favorite writing exercises was one that I “borrowed” from Chris DeLorenzo, who runs the Laguna Writer’s Workshops. I love making lists, and I love hearing other people’s lists, so it’s no surprise that this was one of my favorites. Below, I have posted...
Where’s Yr Box of Crayons?
Currently, I’m reading a book called Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod. A cartoonist among other things, Macleod has been blogging creativity for quite a while on his blog Gaping Void. Here is my favorite sentiment so far: “Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in...
Everyday is All There Is
I recently entered into a competition of sorts with myself. The goal is to finish my short story manuscript, or at least make it presentable enough to hand off to a select group of readers, by August 15th. Why this deadline? Because I think without it it, the book would languish on my computer,...
Feeling Timid? Just Do it!
Last fall, still erupting from an overabundance of fear and self-doubt from suddenly finding myself smack-dab in the middle of the “creative world”, I awkwardly mentioned my long-burning desire to play the banjo and mandolin to two female musician friends. “My old lover took back the banjo for the third and final time,” I...