Mr. Fielding meets his dream house
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If Mr. Blandings had “soft technology” like passive solar, would his struggles mean anything to us today? Continue reading Mr. Fielding meets his dream house
Category: ON WRITING
Howard Fielding’s thoughts and updates on the craft of writing and the life of a new-found freelance.
Week in Review: Week 48
Reading Time: 2 minutes Helping a friend launch her book on KDP taught her more about book publishing and me more about art. A win-win! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 48
Week in Review: Week 47
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modern Thanksgivings are comic tragedies of tension, travel, parades, and commercialism. We put up with all this to focus on food and family. Where is faith? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 47
Time to move on …
Reading Time: 2 minutes What I didn’t realize at the time was that creative “work” and “a job” aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have your cake and eat it too, only in smaller portions. Continue reading Time to move on …
Week in Review: Week 46
Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of my research into the back story of the creation of Bubble Wrap, I needed to connect the dots of how the two inventors met. I had a good timeline with documentation for Marc Chavannes, but not enough on my own father, Alfred Fielding. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 46
Week in Review: Week 45
Reading Time: 2 minutes Digging into history and political philosophy, it’s good to be on the side of people like George Washington. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 45
Week in Review: Week 44
Reading Time: 2 minutes Research for my book and on the history of Bubble Wrap continues. Could inventor Marc Chavannes have had something the Nazis wanted? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 44
Two of a kind
Reading Time: 2 minutes I suppose any writer must have big dreams sooner or later. My journal tells of visiting a college buddy, a budding novelist, in 1978. Continue reading Two of a kind
Week in Review: Week 41
Reading Time: 2 minutes Am I going to listen to that voice saying “Dammit, Fielding, you’re a writer, let me out and let’s get on with it?” he asks. I don’t know, I reply. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 41
Week in Review: Week 40
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reading my own journal 45 years later is eye-opening and brings back memories. Of course, some things are better forgotten. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 40