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February 26, 2014
I Should Start Jounaling Again
A blog is no substitute for a journal, and a journal is no diary. In a journal you lay it all out on the line, turn yourself inside out. You don’t bother with recording the weather or life events. You … Continue reading →
February 19, 2014
What’s in a Dream? Or Can I Eat Pie and Sleep at the Same Time?
Sometimes the smallest most insignificant dreams can make you ask some pretty big questions when you wake up in the morning. Like this one: I’m in a kitchen and everyone else is eating lemon meringue pie, or other pies and … Continue reading →
February 17, 2014
1990 Interview of Dorothy Dunnett by Off The Page
If you have read many of my author interviews, you probably know that Dorothy Dunnett’s historical novels are probably my favorite books and I have read them several times. If you also love her, you may appreciate this interview someone … Continue reading →
February 15, 2014
The Night Ministry Bus: One of the Pivotal Experiences in My Life
I found this excerpt in an old journal, written when I used to volunteer in Chicago with the Night Ministry. One of their programs is a large recreational bus that has a medical station set up in the back room. … Continue reading →
February 12, 2014
Wake up. Get Up. Write.
One of the things I worry will happen as a result of having moved back home to small town Illinois is that I will lose sight of who I’ve grown to be in the years since I last lived here. … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
The Homeroom
Originally posted on STREET STORIES Novels:
Film director Kirsten Kelly might have been talking about my character Booker T in Hello Goodbye, with her comments below. I found this article, just after writing some dialogue for my fiction Night Moves…
Film director Kirsten Kelly might have been talking about my character Booker T in Hello Goodbye, with her comments below. I found this article, just after writing some dialogue for my fiction Night Moves…
February 5, 2014
Lost Stories: I Wonder Where I Was Going With This One
Every once in a while I go through my old story starts on my computer or in my files to see how my ideas have aged. Sometimes like a fine wine I like what I read and may even get … Continue reading →
February 4, 2014
Inside the Mind of a Writer
When you get inside the mind of a writer, you may find yourself inside the mind of one of their characters instead. Yes, there are voices in my head. Here’s one of them, Booker T. Brooks, the main street kid … Continue reading →
February 1, 2014
Roman Rivalry Rules Our World
The former power trips of the Roman Empire affect us even today as we see from this entry in the 1937 Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia explaining why poor February got gypped of an extra day. Long live Emperor Augustus in the … Continue reading →
January 29, 2014
Recognize Anyone?
The 1937 edition of Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia devotes almost 12 whole pages to American Authors and What They Wrote. Several authors highlighted were deemed important enough to have their picture included. Most of the names were familiar to me, but … Continue reading →
