Hey, wait a minute. I am home. Isn’t it where I live? Yes and no. Many of us who live somewhere other than where we grew up, consider home in two places, a split personality of sorts. My original home is in Solingen, Germany, where my father still lives in the same house he moved …
Writing is like a rollercoaster, some days you’re up and some days you’re down. No other activity gets me this involved and emotional. Writing Routine Thousands of web pages give advice on writing routines, when to write, how long to write, how many pages, not too much, not too little. Some say you should …
War Never Ends Last week I had the pleasure of listening to a lecture by Tim O’Brien, most famous for his short story collection The Things They Carried. In front of a packed audience at Indiana University, Tim spoke about Vietnam, about his young sons and the effects war has. He said war never ends. …
