A 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…
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I 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…
One CommentA friend of mine came down with cancer recently. I’m not sure if cancer is something you can come down with. You can’t catch it. Maybe it develops. She developed cancer. It took an errant cell, one genetic trip up. Something broke and now it’s going to kill her. Sandra’s…
5 CommentsI have to admit the big river scares me. I’ve ridden its currents from Montana to St. Louis and spent numerous weekends and long trips on its banks. I know it as well as anyone. But every time I’m ready to get on it for another ride, my imagination takes…
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