Storyteller Gifts

"Did you or did you not employ a leash to drag your cairn terrier, Jack, away from the corner of Park Avenue and Sixty-fifth Street in spite of his making every effort to clearly indicate to you that he wished to stay where he was?"

Making a pact with the devil at the crossroads.

Goldilocks at Sundance.

Novel, Novella, Novellette, Novellini

"Will you call me?"

Sisypus taking a lunch break from pushing his boulder uphill.

Home Office Gossip

This is Pandora, our new Content Manager.

"I write mostly confessional non-fiction."

"And that's when he realized he wasn't on the partner track at all!"

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story. At the climax, there's a hip replacement."

"Ahab I'm not familiar with. Ever taste Captain Hook?"

"You said your pictures were recent."

Octopus Lady

'I'm MELTING!!!' - 'Oh knock it off, we're ALL hot!'

The First Writer and Editor: 'Take out that part?! Are you nuts? How is the stampede scene at the end of the cave going to make sense without it?!'

'126,000 words done...now I just need to work out what order to put them in.'

'I started out in creative writing, began dabbling a bit in creative finance and accounting, and before I knew it, wound up here!'

Great coaching is about actively listening...

'I've hired this musician to play a sad melody while I give you a sob story why I didn't do my homework. It's actually quite effective.'

'Heck, this is nothing, why when I was a kid, we'd have snow clear up to here.'

"I think I can". (train)

"Well my records are factually CORRECT...but where's the PASSION, the MYSTERY, THE REAL ME!..." Electronic records will prolong consultations

"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."

"We're still pretty far apart. I'm looking for a six-figure advance and they're refusing to read the manuscript."

"Wow! You need professional help."

"I have a lot of really good ideas, but I just can't get them down on paper."

'You could put it all into bricks - but i recommend diversifying your investment to include sticks and straw as a hedge.'

Child puts his finger in a dam to prevent it flooding.

'Sorry. lad, but me pot o' gold is at the other end of the rainbow!'

'We are making a film of the book.'

"I know what you're going through, dear. I buried my husband last year -? but they found him in time."

"To begin with, I would like to express my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet with you. While there are still profound differences between us, I think the very fact of my presence here today is a major breakthrough."

A fellow participating in many activities and everything is fine until someone bumps his car and then his back hurts,

"The editor who turned down the first Harry Potter book, say hello to the publisher who took a pass on Stephen King."