We’ve all been affected by life’s major changes lately, and on top of that, a massive shift in my reality is coming: We bought a house. More specifically, we bought a farm. By “we,” I mean myself and Jake. The era of the Shames living under the same roof is coming to an end — Josh and Amy are both moving in with their own people, and Jake and I will be moving to our…
What have the Shames been up to this week? I’ve given this website a refresh — installed a new WordPress theme, and went back through the core content to make sure it’s up to date. To be honest, I’m still not entirely sure what I want the purpose of this site to be, so I’m still figuring that out, small update by small update. At any rate, it’s got a new look! Speaking of new,…
With fall now well here, it’s time for vivid energy with the vivid leaves. What have the Shames been up to? We had an incredibly productive (and long overdue) studio meeting, where we talked about what was working, what wasn’t, what we’d like to do more of, and how to move forward on all of it. It was very motivating! Meetings can be used for good! Meanwhile, my book of structured-unstructured prompts, “Promptly: Write Fast,…
It’s been a month… or three… since the last one of these. So of course the Shames have been up to some ish! …like what? Acquiring new vehicles, for starters! Jake and I got ourselves a fantastic Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro, while Josh acquired himself a Toyota Corolla hatchback in blue. Really blue. This means, of course, that we have to start making media content based on our new babies. Jake and I grabbed some…
This week marked something that the Shames, Jake in particular, have been working towards for six years now: the successful wiring up of the studio. It all functions! There’s a recording studio in our living room! IT JUST WORKS! We got a big buddy mixing desk that makes it so we can plug in mics and instruments and get right down to jamming. Plug and play, seriously! It’s a dream! I couldn’t be more proud…
W O W has it been a long time since the last one of these! Sorry about that, life ran us in circles and it was much more important to spend the time building relationships, our skills, and the studio than it was stopping to write it down. That said… what have the Shames been up to?! In a word: MUSIC. Ahhhh! Something happened, and every one of us is suddenly excited about music: MIDI,…
The Shames officially survived the snow. What else have they been up to? First off, huge congrats to Jake, who has two guitars up for sale at Thunder Road Guitars. It’s a huge step for someone who only started refinishing guitars a year ago! 👏 I published “Read-Write,” my February story for The Accidental Magic Project. Alex drew a stunning illustration for my tale of one fairy’s organic computer and its astonishing powers. Today I…
The Shames are snowed in! What else have the Shames been up to? I’m SUPER pleased to announce that I finished my NaNoWriMo 2018 manuscript! Draft 1 is finally complete! This means it’s time to put it in a drawer for at least a few months, and pick up something else, so I’m back to working on Portent. We’re getting back on the streaming game – the boys are on their second shop stream of…
February 1st is Jake’s birthday! Happy birthday, Jake! What else have the Shames been up to in the final week of January? As usual, there’s a new posted episode of The Writers in the Room, about setting ambitious goals but having realistic expectations. This was the first week where we actually skipped recording a new episode, due to Amy’s absence. Don’t worry, we’re back on it this weekend, jet-lag be damned! As I’m about a chapter and a…
Welcome to yet another studio update. What have the Shames (minus Amy) been up to? First and foremost: we have bacon again. Jake worked his magic and it is a delicious batch. Fueled by bacon, Jake and Josh and I have been playing a lot of collaborative music. More and more, we’re incorporating our stringed instruments into the improv sessions, and it’s sounding, well, Not Bad so far. Today Zach and Josh and I took…
