The Role Of A Writer
Many of you I know have never visited the United States of America. Regardless you may still be interested in what people there may think, or may have thought (perhaps passionately), especially behind closed doors…
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Losing The Plot
What the hell happened? Every successive film now seems to move it increasing light years more away from 1977’s Mark Hamill, Sir Alec Guinness, and crowd… and not in a good way.
Read MoreSchool Daze
Earlier I had noticed that my in-laws (who were out for a time) had a copy of Passports, my first book of that trilogy, sitting (sort of hidden, behind a picture frame, but still easily visible) on a chest of drawers in the entrance hall.
Read MoreIn Search Of “Hygge”
In the context of all of that, naturally I thought of a Danish long-time girlfriend.
Read MoreTwitter: A Great Idea, But…
I advise anyone now to be cautious, very cautious, on Twitter. The only reason I have not deleted my account is because I do like engaging carefully with decent people when possible. And many readers now expect authors to have Twitter accounts.
Read More“If truth be told…”
On Sunday, a writer on Instagram “tagged” me asking me to explain myself: “If truth be told.” Hmm. I don’t normally do tags. However, she’s a good Instagrammer and writer, so I decided I would this time.
Read MoreThat Questioner’s Horse He Rode In On
If you have had experiences such as my family has had (and yours may have had too), you learn that there are those times that nothing can be done by others to stop self-destruction.
Read MoreWhat We “Hear”
My first Kindle reader years ago (it was one of Amazon’s first Kindles) had the capability to “speak” the text electronically. You may remember, or even still have one.
Read More“What the heck has he been writing? Am I in here?”
More fiction writers use pen names than you as a reader may realize. I know several who do.
Read MoreLaurels Are For (Hopefully Far) Down The Road
One other important reality I have learned in the ups and downs of writing since 2013 is this…
Read MoreAhead To Tomorrow
So that is what is coming next from me, probably during 2019.
Read MoreComing To The USA
“It was very, very special what you did for her,” my mom declared. “She will remember it the rest of her life.”
Read MoreOf The Times
Every writer will invariably develop a personal style. Like fingerprints, it’s unique to you. It sets you apart from everyone else.
Read MoreBuried In A Letter
It took composing that top paragraph to get my mind moving…and that was that.
Read MoreGradually…Into Volume 2
As I go at it again, my now late uncle’s words come back to me regularly: βFiction comes from fact, and lots of fact makes great fiction when you re-write it as fiction.” I love it. Come sometime in 2019, I hope you will love this, too.
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