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Every Creative Starts Somewhere

...and wherever you start, you start with garbage. Whether you start writing at five years old or fifty years old, the first few projects you tackle are going to be, well works in progress (or proGROSS). 

Recently, I found a "novel" I wrote when I was eleven-twelve years old. I was a huge CSI fan, almost 300 pounds, and was just gifted a desktop computer (with a monitor that had a BACK). There was obviously only one thing for me to do--write a novelization of my own forensic scientist mystery series. It's, to put it delicately, cringe inducing. However, I got a few things out of reading it again:

1. A huge laugh.

2. A massive feeling of accomplishment from how far I have come.

3. A surge of inspiration.

I started to think, "wait, I think other writers can get something out of this." And then I thought, "and even non writers would get a major kick out of the fact that a wife murdered her husband by poisoning him with gold and it TURNED ALL OF HIS BONES TO GOLD." I was reading it to my husband and he cracked some great jokes. Thus the podcast idea was born!

Every week episodes featuring a "MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER" like reading of writing will air. Audiences will have the opportunity to dive into the worlds of cringe worthy classics such as SECRETS BEHIND THE SECRETS the "novel" I wrote between the ages of eleven and thirteen; A DAY IN THE LIFE my first screenplay EVER from when I was junior in high school (written in GOOGLE DOCS); as well as my first two screenplays from my freshman and sophomore years at Drexel (after I learned HOW to write a screenplay, but still didn't nail that whole "good writing" thing); creative writing class prompts from when I was fourteen, and so much more!

I will also be releasing videos of readings--where you can see me break into giggles, blushes, or just down right confusion/embarrassment; and of course have my handsome husband console or laugh at me. We will also be doing Twitch streams once a week as well! The streams will feature a shorter form of hysterically awful writing, as well as q & a about writing in general. I would love to engage with people on their thoughts of the podcast and writing in general.

My hope is to grow the podcast to feature other guests' early writing. Would love to feature writers who have made it, and yet, they still have that piece that keeps them up at night thinking, "I can't believe I thought that was a good idea..."

But hey, we all get an A FOR EFFORT.  

Stay tuned!

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Lexx wrote the materials featured in the podcast, including the abysmally hilarious SECRETS BEHIND THE SECRETS--inspired by hits such as CSI, SPECIAL UNIT 2, LAW & ORDER: SVU, CRIMINAL MINDS and more.

Connor is a great husband. When Lexx received the 314pg spiral bound manuscript for SECRETS BEHIND THE SECRETS she read him a few pages, and he cracked some amazing jokes.