Exercise equipment has one job, and it’s not for hanging clothes. One learns these things based on available space. Gym guys pay no attention because they don’t wear normal clothes. Their workout costume is an all day look, like they’re ready to drop and give themselves 20 pushups at a moment’s notice. Those outfits don’t […]
BOOK SEARCH FROM FIRST LIBRARY TO AMAZON
September 22, 2020 by
My first book search occurred in the first library I remember. It was more shock at so many books in one place than a search. In a small library in a small school in a small town, I was small and looking for a small book. I still like small books. When I was slightly […]
BASIC WRITER QUESTION: WHY BOTHER
July 13, 2020 by
The best writer question is the one they ask themselves before starting their daily word haul. It’s a question writers never want readers to ask, so they ask themselves: Why bother? Here’s why:
CURIOUS CAT: REPORTS OF ITS DEMISE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
May 12, 2020 by
A curious cat looking for the right answers starts a journey. But where does it really begin? If it starts with reading, which books give the best answers? Young parents know this drill: Ask around at the library.
STORY TIME STORY WITH DAVE, OR IS IT DAVID
April 1, 2020 by
Story time begins with tradition. What tradition, you ask? All good stories begin the same. They might still be good stories, but not classic Story Time. Once Upon A Time:
BOOK HISTORY: LIVE IT THEN WRITE IT
January 29, 2020 by
Book history could be about the printing press, except books existed before the printing press. Just not as many, and not all in Europe.
WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL, A SUN DEVIL, AND WINNING
January 19, 2020 by
Great wrestling stories are journeys, internally and externally. From The Odyssey, to Tom Sawyer, to Saving Private Ryan, a journey works to transport readers into the lives and times of those written about. Tonya Russo Hamilton joins the ranks of those who capture time and place and deliver a story flowing with streams of emotion.
ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK
January 18, 2020 by
One blogger’s essential reading is another’s fire-starter; that’s just how it is. Except the book in Ken Kesey’s hand won’t start any fires today, not the way it started fires in his younger days.
MEMOIR REMINDER: ALL ABOUT YOU BUT STARTS WITH ME
April 24, 2019 by
My story, your story, one story What’s a memoir reminder? Just that the book called a memoir isn’t a biography, auto-biography, or a novel. None of that, not for a memoir. It’s all about keeping time and not flying all over the place in a random, scattershot, manner. An example of where it starts and […]
WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN
January 17, 2019 by
Long form writing is like a walk in the woods with no map. In the dark. With animal noises. And cliffs on both sides of the trail. If that isn’t a picture of adventure, what is? And all you need to do is sit down and write. And stay down. For a long […]
