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D.J. Lutz
  • Jun 4, 2018
  • 2 min

We (all) need to write?

Recently, someone asked me "Why do you write?" A simple, yet fairly complex question to answer. Picking the best colored pencil to draw a self-portrait might be easier. For some writers, it is a matter of filling the need to be creative. Others? They have stories inside their souls, stories that need to come out. A few writers say it's just plain old fun to write. And there are a couple who say they are in it for the money. Those writers are in short supply, for a reason. Me?
D.J. Lutz
  • Oct 8
  • 2 min

It's the Grate(ful) Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

If you are among the legion of Peanuts fans, you will know that October is not only the season for Halloween, but also the time of year when Charlie Brown's friend Linus hides in the local pumpkin patch hoping to get a glimpse of his favorite holiday figure, The Great Pumpkin. For those unaware, the Great Pumpkin flies around the world on October 31st giving gifts to deserving children, much like the more well-known Santa Claus in December. Here in the US, October also signal
D.J. Lutz
  • May 26
  • 1 min

Fit to be a writer - or fit writer?

As a new writer, I slogged through many exercises: character development, how to create the arc, subtext and why it is important, etc., and I sat for hours while doing all of them. I did have the advantage of using a sit-stand desk at my regular job, but when it came to my own creative endeavors, it was #BICHOK or in long form, butt in chair / hands on keyboard. Good for finishing that draft, perhaps, but when it came to maintaining my health, it wasn't all that good. What
D.J. Lutz
  • Apr 13, 2018
  • 2 min

Where did the time go?

Had an interesting discussion the other night about time. The use of. The lack of. You know the deal. We wrote a list of five things we had committed to do, things that took time out of our day. Work was number one on most lists. My list ended up with 10 items, one of which I had no time to do. That's go to the YMCA, if you're curious. But I don't mind subsidizing their operation each month. I'll get there. Next week. The point of the exercise was to show we had all made choi