A bunch of years ago I was informed about the existence of a human being whose name I have forgotten, a wannabe writer who I will call Bitter Bob. I know next to nothing about Bitter Bob. I understand that he never had success in his writing ambitions. I have no way of knowing whether […]
Sometimes, the story sticks its toe in the dirt and tells you it’s not going to go where you want it to go. Most often, the story is right. It knows better than you do. Listen to it. It’s telling you this for your own good. It knows itself better than you do. Now the […]
I have triggers. Really, I do. I will not be arrogant enough to compare them to those of others. One of my triggers is abuse by peers in childhood; another is abuse on the job. I start talking about the job from hell, if I go too deep into it, my heart starts pounding and […]