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I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me
As if I’m not paranoid enough with all the stuff I hear on the evening news (I watch it for 30-45 minutes, that’s all I can stand, otherwise I’d truly be paralyzed with fear), Google mapping everything so anyone can zoom in on where you live and what you may be doing, people snapping pictures, … Continue reading
Go Ahead, Insult Me
I’m writing a novel where my protagonist is very brave and doesn’t care what people think. She gets herself into all kinds of sticky situations, does things that I wouldn’t do and says whatever is on her mind and lets the chips fall where they may. In real-life situations, most of us censor what we … Continue reading
Staying Power
I’ve been writing something; a diary/journal, essay, short stories, research paper, (for myself and others) for decades. After high school and college, I always gravitated toward professions — for the most part — that required a good deal of writing and tapping away on a typewriter (those of you who don’t know what that is, … Continue reading
Two Steps Back, One Spring Forward
I don’t know about you, but when Spring begins peeking through the gray fog (I have that many days where I am), I get a renewed sense of purpose. I begin thinking about all the things I had meant to do before now, wondering how they got pushed back down on my ever-present, ever-evolving “To-Do” … Continue reading
Literary Libations
Manhattan has over eight million people living within its boundaries — the most populous city in the United States. It has always been a place for creative souls and some of those include some of the world’s most prolific and controversial writers. When some of those writers felt a creative urge coming on, they, at … Continue reading
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