P.J. Powell
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P.J. Powell
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Creative stress test: A bestselling humorist’s guide to letting go
This season on the Write Away with Nat & PJ podcast, we interviewed NYT best-selling author, humorist, and cartoonist, Bob Eckstein,...
P.J. Powell
- Jun 3, 2021
- 6 min
Once more to Walmart
Contemporary short fiction. Nostalgia drives a woman in her early 20’s to her hometown Walmart, where she quietly struggles to reconcile...
P.J. Powell
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
Singing for you during the pandemic
One of my lifelong music friends made a request to me and a subset of our high school choir friends: a mutual friend is awfully ill....
P.J. Powell
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
#AMMConnect 2020
“Author Mentor Match (AMM) pairs aspiring writers with completed manuscripts with experienced authors for mentorship.” #AMMConnect 2020...
P.J. Powell
- Dec 6, 2019
- 3 min
Writer in Motion: Week 5 Wrap-up
Reflections on watching the story go from messy rough draft to final, polished draft… Last week I posted the final draft of “Rainey’s...
P.J. Powell
- Nov 28, 2019
- 6 min
Writer in Motion: Week Four
Revising with a professional editor’s feedback Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week...
P.J. Powell
- Nov 21, 2019
- 6 min
Writer in Motion: Week Three
Revising with Critique Partner feedback Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two post:...
P.J. Powell
- Nov 14, 2019
- 7 min
Writer in Motion: Week Two
The self-edited draft Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two post: self-edited draft...
P.J. Powell
- Nov 7, 2019
- 6 min
Writer In Motion: Week One
The half-baked idea and my drafting process Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two...
P.J. Powell
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min
Writer-In-Motion: Week Zero
Wherein the writing prompt escapes; ideas form; a runny, messy draft is born. Read on… What is Writer in Motion? Writer in Motion is a...
P.J. Powell
- Jul 2, 2017
- 3 min
When NaNoPrep starts gnawing at your creative soul
This is the first time I’ve recognized the pattern of prepare-and-despair, but it’s the third time I’ve gone through it this year. For...
P.J. Powell
- Jan 6, 2017
- 4 min
Scarred for life: creating a drawing for my friend’s tattoo
This is the final drawing I did for my friend’s tattoo. When I asked my friend Erin what she wanted for her birthday, she asked me if I...
P.J. Powell
- Jan 4, 2017
- 3 min
Short Story Study Buddies
One of my writing goals is to study short stories and write some. I found a free class called Reading and Writing Short Stories from...
P.J. Powell
- Jan 3, 2017
- 3 min
Santa’s 2017 might look worse than yours
You think the holidays are over, but we are smack in the middle of a holiday crisis. I debated whether or not to bring it up, because, my...
P.J. Powell
- Dec 1, 2016
- 3 min
Author blog launches prematurely
I’m so not ready to launch my author blog. As of this posting, I don’t have any published fiction; articles I have written were ghosted;...
P.J. Powell
- Oct 28, 2016
- 2 min
You say dead squirrel / I say zombies
And I have to say, I’m a little scared. My first thought was that it could be the wood under our little portable AC unit. We put it up...
P.J. Powell
- Oct 27, 2016
- 1 min
Cat Mom of the year? Outlook hazy…
I spent a significant portion of my childhood longing to be loved by cats. After a number of years of failed attempts, my dream has come...
P.J. Powell
- Oct 27, 2016
- 2 min
1,000 Ways to Eat Garbage
But the bottom line is that eventually you’re going to ask to help get dinner ready, and I’m going to ask you to chop vegetables, and my...
P.J. Powell
- Oct 1, 2016
- 3 min
The home improvement superiority complex
There is a cruel, unintentional , sort-of-boring peer pressure that goes with home ownership. The particular aspect of this peer pressure...
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