Tag: John Denver

  • Speed Racer

    Speed Racer

    Speed Racer banner 1970s We moved to the new house in 1970, so I must have fell head-over-heels for Speed in 1973-74 when I was seven and in the third grade. That year our local TV station WJBK Channel 50 UHF Detroit began running the cartoon at 3 pm about the time school got out…

  • Pushing the Envelope: A Different Kind of Writing Prompt

    Pushing the Envelope: A Different Kind of Writing Prompt

    New writers tend to define themselves as fiction writer, children’s writer, mystery writer, steampunk-dysporia-paranormal young adult writer. Among dramatic writers the boxes are fewer; comedy or drama.  But I like to say, how do you know you can not write that genre unless you try? I have created some “possibilities”  to help writers stretch and…

  • Speed Racer and My Superpower

    Speed Racer and My Superpower

    We moved to the new house in 1970, so I must have fell head-over-heels for Speed in 1973-74 when I was seven and in the third grade. That year our local TV station WJBK Channel 50 UHF Detroit began running the cartoon at 3 pm about the time school got out for the summer. I…