When I've written something, and the words have just flowed, I sometimes feel like I'm looking down on the Seventh Day, basking in the warmth of my creation and proclaiming, It Is Good. I'll feel lik...
Im looking for a particular quote, and I cant find it. The quote goes something like this: If you want to know what a good painting is, you only have to look at a million paintings. The same can be ...
That's "mad" as in insane, crazy. Not p.o.'d or furious. We're talking just a little bit to the left of center, off my rocker . . . you know. You especially know if you have a home business an...
Like coffee, alcohol and other, somewhat more illicit pleasures, cigars have a longtime fascination for certain kinds of creative folks. Perhaps this is especially true of novelists, whose work compel...
I get Kurt Vonnegut!
He was once asked by an aspiring author what it took to succeed. Without blinking the famous writer bluntly remarked, “Stop writing crap!” I too am blunt and to the ...
Rising fuel prices have impacted airline travel. Be prepared, and adjust your plans accordingly.
Continental Airlines plans to slash 3,000 jobs and reduce domestic flights in an effort to reduce oper...
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s second novel, The Sirens of Titan, tells the story of Malachi Constant, the richest man in 22nd century America, and Winston Rumfoord, a wealthy man stuck in something called a chr...
When I was a boy 5000 bottles of Merlot ago, I thought by age 47 it would be a lot easier to break into the limelight. Now I know how Kilgore Trout felt. The man had hundreds of books written, and th...
In "Confirmed Dead," the second episode in Lost's current fourth season, focus turned to the enigmatic people on board the freighter, giving rise to even more puzzles and questions. Among the...
Using the tropical zodiac system people born between October 24th and November 22nd are known by their Sun Sign Scorpio the Scorpion and are associated with the constellation Scorpius. The Element of ...
John Irving, iconic American novelist, born March 2, 1942, garnered critical acclaim in 1978 with the release of his fourth tomb, The World According to Garp, a dark, but gripping tale of love and lo...
Stories - Can I write consistently, even when I really don't want to?
If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to email me. If I don't know the answer, I'll tell you and try to find ...
Bottom line is there are two types of writers: those who believe in writer's block and those who don't. Neither will deny the magic and energy that possesses an author when inspiration rears its m...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the great sunscreen speech hoax. In case you missed it: in 1997, everybody seemed to be quoting Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to graduating MIT students that fam...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have shown that ordinary skin cells can be turned into cells that resemble embyonic stem cells and this is exciting news as it will speed development of enor...
There have been many famous people with bipolar disorder, or thought now to have had it based on their lifeworks and stories. There have been so many, in fact, that it is considered by some to be a m...
"It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners." -- Erma Bombeck
You have many conversations under a variety...
There have been many famous people with bipolar disorder, or are now thought to have had it based on their lifeworks and stories. There have been so many, in fact, that it is considered by some to be...
If you are speaking to a large audience, a small room full of people, or conducting a personal presentation, nothing is as effective and engaging as living in the moment. This is a lesson taken from t...
If someone had told me in 2000 that I'd publish four books in 2001, I'd have called him an eejit.
The last time I'd been published was 1989, and that doesn't count because I paid someone to do it. I'...
