A comet sits at the edge of our solar system, left out of the creation of planets. It’s been there for 4.5 billion years. So loosely is it committed to its dark nothingness, it barely moves. It doesn’t even know … Continued
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Finding Mr. Universe – A Gentle Ride in Chaos
I was caught — pulled into an orbit, is the better phrase — by the discovery of the Higgs Boson in July, 2012. I’ve written about that in previous Catches [“The Courage to Imagine”]. I was entranced by the language … Continued
How to begin a new novel and…
I am in the midst of working on my fourth novel Indulgence in the Afternoon. A friend of mine is starting her first. I’ll call her Marie (her real name). She asked me to give her some “pointers” about writing … Continued
Block Party
Block Party or “What if the fat lady wants to sing before it’s over?” Credits Filming and editing by Nick Oja Performances: The Writer, Leslie Hall Pinder; The Psychiatrist, Peggie Merlin; The Husband, the Pregnant Wife and The Onlooker: Raheel … Continued
A Nicety of Nouns
“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” Thomas Mann A friend of mine is a writer and he is a judge. That particular combination requires that he use a pseudonym. … Continued
One Book, So Many Book Covers
Twenty-six years after it first went to print, a revised Under the House was issued by a new publishing company called Shelfstealers. In a later blog I’ll describe what led me to embark on the somewhat curious project of revising a … Continued