Finding time to create new worlds
(Note: Welcome to readers of Blogging Without a Blog, and thank you Barbara Swafford for naming Blogger Dad the New Blog of the Week!) I want to create a world in which you will lose yourself. Actually, make that worlds. I’m a writer, a cartoonist and as of two months ago, a blogger. I’ve had [...]
Why do I blog?
“I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being, but left the end of our story untold. That mystery is troubling to us. How could it be otherwise? Without the final part, we think, how are we to make sense of [...]
Eight Questions – Interview with Rita from Rita’s Digest
This week’s Eight Questions subject is mother, part-time teacher and blogger Rita from Rita’s Digest. This 47-year old New Yorker is about to add one more title before her name, that of published author. Rita broke the news of the sale of her mystery book earlier this month. Perhaps more exciting than the tale of [...]
Unemployed at Labor Day
I am a writer. While millions are celebrating a respite from work today, I approach the three month mark since I’ve been employed. No, I’m neither a lazy bastard or living off a trust fund. I was laid off in June from the local newspaper I’ve worked at for three years. It was a small [...]
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