Reading Time: 2 minutes I need this time off so I can complete a history of the invention of Bubble Wrap. My interview with The History Channel is back on and I need to prepare. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 14 — ‘Intermission’
Reading Time: 2 minutes As for my 1979 resolutions, today I can honestly say that I was meeting the minimum requirements. I wasn’t throwing myself into them. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: I could do worse
Reading Time: 2 minutes This doesn’t sound like a lot of money, but $40 was fairly common for nonfiction in that market. And the paper was offering a regular beat. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A gift from God
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps I was afraid of being forever doomed to being a mediocre writer instead of a mediocre Writer. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Mediocre and disorganized
Reading Time: 2 minutes If I had treated my first year as a freelance writer like a real business, I would have seen that the end of the first quarter was approaching a crisis. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Another diversion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Five years ago, I retired from the newspaper to embark on Act III of my life. So far, Act III looks a lot like Act I. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 13
