Bestselling Author Dan Alatorre’s Young Author’s Club SUMMER WRITING CAMPS I am now taking reservations for our 2nd Annual Young Authors Writing Camp. Last year’s camp was a blast. The kids invented games and we watched Harry Potter to compare what we see in movies to what we write in books, to give a better understanding of storytelling. GAMES! TRIVIA! FUN […]
There was a Jude Law movie (or maybe it was Ethan Hawke, I don’t remember) where he had his legs intentionally broken to make himself taller to take the place of someone else. He explained it away to the powers that be as the scars on his legs were the exact height of a certain […]
So if you submitted a story to the March word weaver writing contest, you should feel good about that. Also, if you are a judge – lots to look forward to. I guess if you’re a reader, you can look forward to it, too. So everyone can smile! What great writers we have entering these […]
Can you imagine, if you could look at your life through a crystal ball and see how close you were when you gave up – would you give up? No. Well, “close” is perspective. And there’s no crystal ball. Thoughts?
Time to start reading the March Word Weaver entries. I wait until they are all in because I think reading one a few weeks before reading another kinda gives an unfairness to things. I’m not sure how, but it’s my contest and I think it does. Anyway, we had a good showing – […]
I mean, it’d be better of there wasn’t hard work, but there’s gonna be hard work. Are there no limits? I don’t know. But I don’t need “no limits.” My goals are realistic and achievable, not infinite. Thoughts? Hey, and don’t forget to enter our writing contest! You could become famous, you know. Not from […]
Happy Easter! What kind of family traditions will you be celebrating today? At my house, we’ll have an egg hunt this morning with my daughter and her younger cousin, observed by the parents and grandparents, then brunch. Mmm… brunch. Eggs and bacon and more bacon and other stuff and more bacon. Usually we have dinner […]
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, March 31, 2018, Eastern Standard Time, is the deadline for your story if it’s going in the March 2018 Word Weaver Writing Contest. Prizes, fame, and a critique of your writing by me – but not if you don’t enter. 2. If you are interested in being in the upcoming anthology, please let me know […]
Walk with me and we will spin magical worlds from the air. As plastic touches fingertips, amazing things appear. Castles and kingdoms, dragons and rogues, lovers and liars and thieves. Any story you ever imagine, can live. What will your story be?
DAN ALATORRE