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  • Charles Dickens on Writing

    Charles Dickens knew what it is like to be a writer … Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up… *** Many thanks for visiting my blog. I post updates on my writing… Read more

  • Cloudy Days and Snowy Days

    How do you feel about cold weather? I feel like an anomaly, sometimes. I enjoy cold weather. When it’s sunny outside, I look out the window and think, “That’s nice.” But when it’s 60 degrees, overcast, and windy, then I get excited. I’m the kind of person who thinks anything over 60 degrees Fahrenheit is… Read more

  • The Wrist That Would Not Break

    Have you ever broken a bone? As a matter of fact, I broke my leg when I was a kid. Had to wear a cast. Very painful and inconvenient, I can assure you, but this story isn’t about that. This is about the time when my doctor was convinced that I had broken my wrist.… Read more

  • Bachelors Need to Clean, Too

    What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? Consistently cleaning my home every week. The stereotype about bachelors is that they’re messy fellows living in pigsties. Cleanliness is supposedly a foreign concept to the unmarried male. Well, I don’t live in a sty, nor do I have a pile of unwashed clothes taking… Read more

  • One Day of Horsing Around

    What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? I’m content with where I am in life, but if I could choose a single job to do for just one day, I would like to work on a horse ranch. I like horses, but I’ve never really been around them that much (so… Read more

  • Exposed: More Risks of Being a Writer

    In my last post, I talked a bit about the material risks of pursuing a writing career: the money and time involved. Now, I’d like to talk about more abstract risks. Courage To write is to put pieces of yourself into all your work. An author writes from the soul, baring his thoughts, beliefs, joys,… Read more