Writing is part of my everyday job. It’s not the kind of writing you are probably thinking of — sitting by the seashore penning the next great American novel … I wish! That’s like Michelangelo putting the the final touches on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. What I do is much closer to painting [...]
I went through a very confusing time once in my life. My thoughts were a jigsaw puzzle, my emotions a mess. Then one day someone gave me a book. When I started reading the book, the waters miraculously stilled.
The book’s content was not particularly related to my personal problems. But the story did offer a [...]
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know that one of my long-term writing projects is a book, a novel. As my very first attempt at fictional writing, it’s been a learning experience to say the least. When I started out, I had no idea how to write a story. [...]
Today, March 12, is the birthday of literary legend Jack Kerouac. From Wikipedia:
Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet … Kerouac is held as an important writer both for his spontaneous style and for his content which consistently dealt with such topics as jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, [...]
Behind every good story is a good story. As I have mentioned before on this blog, I’m in the process of writing a short story novel (that’s a story, too). And compounding the challenge of actually writing a good story is the other challenge of learning just how a good story is written.
I’m teaching myself [...]
