Creative Writing 101
Went to a book signing today at The Open Book in the Oaks Mall. The featured Author, P.L.Tavormina, is a fellow Inkling and her book is Aerovoyant. Imagine a distant future where mankind has been forced off the earth because …
Went to a book signing today at The Open Book in the Oaks Mall. The featured Author, P.L.Tavormina, is a fellow Inkling and her book is Aerovoyant. Imagine a distant future where mankind has been forced off the earth because …
I know Melville started Moby Dick with the sentence, “Call me Ishmael”, and it had significant meaning. I wonder if I started my book with the sentence, “Call me Israel”, if anyone would place the correct meaning to it. They …
Back in the early part of the 21st century, when a newspaper was delivered to my door, I preferred the Los Angeles Times. I preferred this paper because I thought the selection of comics was best. Along with my daily …
I am sitting here watching a recording of The Graham Norton Show and I really don’t have anything to say. I think there is a lot of wisdom in saying nothing when you have nothing to say. In truth, I …
While writing on the topic of “The Power of Ignorance” I thought of what happened so long ago in the Garden of Eden. The Fall of Man was all about eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge… The Fall …
…it won’t work. Although I will hear you, I will not listen. If you truly believe I am wrong, the best way to convince me is to show me what is right. Live how you expect others to live. Be …
Here are some random ideas I wrote down while brainstorming about the Power of Ignorance. I just thought I would share: It is okay to have books… But don’t read them! Like virginity, you can’t regain your ignorance – once …
“Utterly pointless,” says the Teacher.“Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless.”What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth? That Solomon, what a kidder! As I move forward with writing my second book, I wonder why …
I have been hearing (and reading tweets) of people who are laughing at those of us proclaiming the beginning of the new decade. They say the next decade doesn’t begin until 2011… because, a decade is ten years, and we …
Back in the day, I spent quite a bit of time studying the bible. I often did so by listening to teaching tapes during my commute. My favorite teacher of the bible was Chuck Missler. I remember when he was …