
Budding Writer, 1979: A silly place
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a silly summer in a silly place, but students at highly competitive schools know that silliness is a great stress-reliever. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A silly place
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a silly summer in a silly place, but students at highly competitive schools know that silliness is a great stress-reliever. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A silly place
Reading Time: 2 minutes Next week I’ll have more about how my friends helped me as an emerging writer. Also: the four most important words in the Declaration of Independence. Continue reading In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 23
Reading Time: 2 minutes I could afford to share a room at the fraternity until Labor Day. After that it was go big (full-time income) or go home. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: I’ll survive the summer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Throughout my adult life, I have had the sense that something is guiding me along a path. I suppose that’s more a matter of faith than religion. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A paladin for God?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Returning to the fraternity house, which alumni sometimes did, was a Really Bad Idea. I was already spending way too much time there. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: The end is in sight
Reading Time: 2 minutes In which Hubris, deadly pride, sneaks up behind our hero and says “Whee! I’ve got you!” Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Give him time
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps this was another lost opportunity. Not all ideas are good ideas, but if they’re good enough to write down, they’re worth following up on. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Potential for collaboration
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I realized late in life that my mission in writing is to bring joy to the lives of others. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 9
Reading Time: 2 minutes This journal entry stands out mostly because it gives me the chance to share a positive review that is 44 years overdue Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A belated, unpublished review
Reading Time: 2 minutes A frigid Winter Carnival and two nights of sit-com Animal House antics in a frat house tube room. What could go wrong? Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: ‘Brothers and Sisters’ and Deltas, oh my!