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WRITING TIME QUESTION: WHAT’S THE POINT?

March 1, 2024 by

Writing time is running out? Now you tell me. But I don’t agree, or believe it. My writing time will run out one day, but that doesn’t  let anyone else off the hook. Unless you’re dead. Then maybe.

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HOMETOWN WRITERS MISS THE BOAT?

June 22, 2023 by

Hometown writers miss the boat when they think everything’s been said about where they grew up. Then, to save their careers the turn their focus to their hometown. More like they use a sense of home to lure readers in. Like Thomas Wolfe.

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FEARLESS LIVING, AND OTHER MYTHS

December 1, 2022 by

The key to Fearless Living? Don’t live past a certain age. But what’s that age? The most fearless person I know is two years old, but they don’t know how fearless they are. Who among is living fearlessly past two? Who is not?

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SELF INTEREST? DON’T FORGET THE ‘ENLIGHTENED’ PART

November 6, 2021 by

‘Self interest’ is the biggest driver in human history. Think about it. Self + Interest = “Waddabout me?” But, you know this. They aren’t cuss words, or accusations, like ‘selfish interest,’ or, ‘selfish bastard,’ because this is where the enlightened part is supposed to kick in. “Enlightened self interest,” or, “Whaddabout me and you?” That’s […]

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