I’m not big into writing “tricks.” Mainly, you just do the work. But sometimes when I’m stuck I shut down the electronics, get out one of my manual typewriters, and…View post

This article does a nice job of conveying the hustle aspects of the writing life.

8.11 miles on the treadmill desk equals one radio show script, a newspaper column, and a voluminous vagary of emails. Perhaps a Tweet or two.

NOTE: Just as I was finishing this post this morning, I got called away to pull someone out of the ditch with that truck right up there. Let’s hear it…View post

There are lots of reasons to write. Here’s one, a Facebook message I just discovered from several months ago. Name redacted: Im a firefighter back home in Upstate NY, rural…View post