When I drive I listen to books on CD (free from my local library). Dh listens to NPR. He recently heard this review of PEAK: SECRETS FROM THE NEW SCIENCE OF EXPERTISE, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. He ordered the book, handed it to me, and said, “I think this is your kind of thing.” It […]
My resolution to send out 50 packets of poetry this year, though it was stalled for a long time, is now sailing along. I believe I can claim 34 submissions as of today, and although only 6 poems have thus far found homes, one was nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology, and another […]
“It would be a poor sort of world if one were only able to read authors who expressed points of view that one agreed with entirely. It would be a bland sort of world if we could not spend time with people who thought differently, and who saw the world from a different place.” -Neil […]
“The purpose of being a serious writer is not to express oneself, and it is not to make something beautiful, though one might do those things anyway. Those things are beside the point. The purpose of being a serious writer is to keep people from despair. If you keep that in your mind always, the […]