I was sure I’d had a terrible childhood, but when I told people about it, I discovered that my perspective on it changed. Eventually I wrote stories of life with my very difficult-to-live-with father. Growing older, I kept telling my stories to friends and co-workers. Folks would laugh and then they’d suggest I write a […]
When I graduated with an MBA I raced home and spewed forth a short story about a twin in search of a precious photograph of her sister who had died years before. Later I realized the twin longing for her dead sister was the psychological representation of me trying to reclaim myself. I had been […]
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t write. It started with poems in the 5th grade, which turned out to be a gateway “drug” to longer and more complex stories as I got older. While I did find that I had a talent for writing—which may have had something to do with the fact that […]
I’ve been writing almost since I could read. Half a minute past first grade, I started writing stories–but also looking for life answers. That led me, past college, to newspaper reporting at my hometown paper, The Denver Post. My feature articles won a slew of nice awards, plus one entry in the Pulitzer Prizes. Next […]
I’ve been a writer for a long time. 72 years to be exact. I’ve learned a lot and continue to do so and I wanted to pass along some of my knowledge to you. Getting bad reviews is just as important as getting ones that praise your work. I hope that my insights inspire you to remain hopeful and […]
Every serious novelist worth their salt believes in their soul that they have written a brilliant novel or multiple novels in which the reader will find compelling characters engaged in deeply imagined stories that profoundly illustrate the human condition. What every novelist, traditionally or self-published, yearns for is for others to be moved by their […]
I’d played Chinese checkers, colored, and solved the word jumble in The Daily News. “Nana?” I was spending the weekend at my grandmother’s house in the Bronx. “I’m bored.” She looked at me. Then, she walked to the round table in her living room and opened the drawer. She pulled out a royal blue spiral […]
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