"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made." Michelle Obama I grew up in a very racist environment – Memphis, Tennessee in the 50s. Separate drinking fountains, separate entrances and seating at the movie theaters, whites only signs everywhere, and,...
For those of us who are willing to endure its hardships – long cold winters, lack of job opportunity, forest fires – there is no better place to live than Montana. Notwithstanding that I was born in another state, I am a Montanan through and...
"We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to stay." -Lynda Barry Throughout my life I have had several different methods of escaping reality that did not necessarily include artificial means. Playing music, for example –...
"Some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau I think I must be the luckiest man alive. For most of my adult life I have lived in one of the most beautiful places in the...
I think we’ll all agree that common sense is not all that common anymore, but that it does seem to dictate that we need more ‘common sense’ gun laws. A known member of ISIS should not be allowed to walk into a store and purchase...
"There’s no climate control in my head. At any moment, thoughts can roll like thunder and flashbacks can strike like lightning." -Riderek The photo and the quote say it all. I have nothing to add. Tom...
“A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.” ― Raymond Chandler “The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.” ― Raymond Chandler These two quotes may seem as if...
“If writing and publishing a book is like giving birth to a child, then book marketing is like rearing it.” -Heather Hart For many years I wrote stories mostly for the fun of it. It was more than merely an avenue of escape; it was also one...
“ALL GOOD BOOKS ARE ALIKE IN THAT THEY ARE TRUER THAN IF THEY HAD REALLY HAPPENED, AND AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED READING ONE YOU WILL FEEL THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, AND AFTERWARDS IT ALL BELONGS TO YOU: THE GOOD AND THE BAD, THE...
There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. -Ursula K. LeGuin...