The easy way out, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Passing by the R.D. offices in P’ville got me thinking about working for them again if things don’t work out in Hanover. Continue reading The easy way out, 1979
Tag: READER’S DIGEST
Another diversion, 1979
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 Another diversion, 1979
Cowardice or practicality, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes As every captain must decide whether to head in to port or continue the mission, I had to choose to limp home or explore strange new worlds. Continue reading Cowardice or practicality, 1979
Back to school, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I was telling myself a coming-of-age story, the start of a Hero’s Journey narrative. But I had no idea what the ending would be.
Week in Review: Week 51
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the valuable things we do as writers is to pull together the little threads that are part of our story as individuals and as a society. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 51
Week in Review: Week 50
Reading Time: 2 minutes A mountain emitting terrible noises was said to be in labor. But, as people watched to see what would happen, all they saw come out of it was a mouse. — Fables of Aesop Continue reading Week in Review: Week 50
The curtain rises on a play
Reading Time: 4 minutes — WRITING LIFE — Wanting to trod the boards with playwright Henry Fielding, I take my story about Houdini and Margery to my first playwriting class. Continue reading The curtain rises on a play
Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill
Reading Time: 6 minutes – WRITING LIFE – A story with great characters, conflict, action, and humor dropped on my desk as an intern. What to do? Second in a series. Continue reading Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill
Nothing up my sleeve…
Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life. Continue reading Nothing up my sleeve…