Notes on Writing Pushing through work Recently, I was talking with someone about their panic attacks. We came across this article where Julia Martin Burch, Ph.D., a psychologist at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, says: It might seem counterintuitive, but one of the most effective ways to react
Newsletter I haven't been around in a while. Where I’ve been, where I’m going, and a few shared things along the way.
Newsletter The case of the all-consuming holiday And the story of why I never sent a newsletter until now.
Stories Among the trees Hugh searched the dark cluster of pines for the robot, but nothing moved between them. “There's no use waiting for it,” Emma said. “I know...” His sister shifted in her tracks and hiked her bow tight against her shoulder. “It doesn’t need us. It’ll come when it's ready.
Newsletter On Hiatus: Still not a newsletter Yes, everything in the title is true and this is a not-a-newsletter that was never sent out.
My Story I’m a writer and co-writer [https://www.davidgane.com/writing-and-awards/] of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries [https://couniosandgane.com/], the internationally award-winning series. I also have written some stories [https://www.davidgane.com/tag/short-fiction/] of my own. I also teach storytelling and screenwriting [https://www.davidgane.
Movies A few thoughts on Dune Last week, I saw Dune [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2021_film)] with my son. I liked its look, its pace, its direction, and its performances. It’s also probably the most teenager-friendly movie I think Denis Villeneuve has ever directed. If I was that age, I think
Teaching Brains are eaten by zombies Saving this one [https://twitter.com/rshotton/status/1459242243273936899?s=21] for the future zombie apocalypse (and my students).