I could do OK! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes My journal from my first year as a freelancer takes me to a breakthrough, but I had not learned that all that glitters is not gold. Continue reading I could do OK! (1979)
Tag: CONFLICT
In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 12
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m not a pantser poster anymore. That means I can develop and foreshadow recurring themes — and I can tell you about them. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 12
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
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
George Washington tried to warn us
Reading Time: 4 minutes Political parties still make decisions based on ill-fated jealousies and false alarms. Both accuse opponents of collusion with foreign conspirators. Continue reading George Washington tried to warn us
Election Day (or days)
Reading Time: 2 minutes There is no right way or wrong way to vote. Voters must make their best possible choices based on what they know at a single point in time. Continue reading Election Day (or days)
National voter registration day
Reading Time: 3 minutes In my book, every day should be Voter Registration Day. Every day, that is, except Election Day itself. Continue reading National voter registration day
Week in Review: Week 30
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes it’s worthwhile to look back at where you’ve come from to help you see where you’re going. It gives you a new, old perspective. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 30
Free audio and e-books offer conflicting views on conflict
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a limited-time offer: Simon & Schuster is offering two titles about conflict as free e-books and audiobooks through July 31. Continue reading Free audio and e-books offer conflicting views on conflict
Week in Review: Week 29
Reading Time: 2 minutes Serendipity is one of the creative tools a writer has to pull things together into context. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 29