The rain came and it made me happy. It started in the morning, steady and solid. It continued through the day and into the night. For the first time in many weeks, I felt at ease. A pluviophile they call me, a person who loves rain, someone who finds joy…
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When the darkness and lethargy of depression hits me, I constantly push myself. I must be doing something, anything. Mooning around the house, I see a million projects I should be undertaking. I’m a writer. I should be writing. But when I sit down to the computer, nothing happens. I…
Leave a CommentA few things I didn’t know until the last couple of days: First, in the 1950s, Joseph Heller worked as a highly paid advertising executive for some of America’s most popular and influential magazines, such as Life, Look, and McCall’s. Second, Kurt Vonnegut could be a real prick. I first read…
Leave a CommentI just finished John Gardner’s book, On Becoming a Novelist. Gardner has the nuts and bolts of being a novelist down: Write, find your voice, struggle and slave, give up dreams of becoming famous. More importantly, he covers the creative process involved in becoming a writer. The most sound advice…
Leave a CommentMy wife had the first panic attack in her life the day before yesterday. She couldn’t breathe. She was crying, feeling inferior and afraid. She felt like she was having a heart attack. I could feel that panic attack as I was watching it. I have them fairly frequently. I…
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