Writing, The Long and Winding Road (thanks, Paul McCartney)
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
I know how to write. I’m a good writer. And the problem? It is hard to get an agent. It
Sarah Callender has a wonderful name for a writer, and she is an amazing one. Sarah and I read posts
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains
Memory is TIME that lasts, because of INTEREST. Or it could be TIME that won’t depart, and thus reappears, even
When I was growing up…the worst thing you could be called was LIAR. On, I am sure there were other
Reading and writing are two sides of the same enjoyment. We read novels to escape, and we write novels and
ENJOY SOME AMAZING POSTS FROM MY WRITER FRIENDS at BBB We are still in the midst of a SUMMERTIME VIBE!
Talking to Strangers Malcom Gladwell has so impressed the reading world with his analysis of life, that the term “Gladwellian
Fighting my fears…something wasn’t right. Midnight, snowstorm on the Dan Ryan Expressway, my van making some unidentifiable sound above
Because it’s August, and the garden is in full bloom, all the various cultivars having reached their desired height, most
You, the author of a blog post, letter, newspaper article, novel…will set your work in a certain time. And, as
I wrote a Memoir of my early years in Chicago, and thus I’ve written about PLACE (the house, the streets,
“Aw get over it.” “Hey, let’s just forget this, okay?” “I’ve moved on.” “Forgive and forget.” “Won’t you please forgive
What I often question, and would love your thoughts on, is as we age, why does our mortality become harder
For years, I read and admired novelist Anna Quindlen. My introduction to her work was BLACK AND BLUE, published in