“I’m just goin’ down the road feelin’ bad, tryin’ to get to Heaven before they close the door.” This phrase from the Bob Dylan song (from his 1997 album, Time Out of Mind) has been on my mind from the moment I woke up this morning. It took me until noon to figure out why. [...]
A couple of days ago I hit a low point. Too low to write a blog. And a good thing too – it would have been no fun to read. And so, instead of burdening my readers with unassimilated angst and rampant inertia, I headed straight for my journal, my favourite safe haven, and wrote [...]
Below is an example of how an apparent misfortune for the human is a gift from the Gods for the writer. Last evening, I worked up the courage to attend a Singles event. It had been recommended to me by a discerning friend who had also been single for many years, but who had recently [...]
We’re all familiar with the fridge magnet adages – “Sing as if no one is listening,” “Dance as if no one is watching,” etc. But does that apply to writers? Does it make sense to write as if no one is reading? Of course it doesn’t. What sane person wants to drag his or her [...]
My secret reason for writing a blog, and maybe even for getting up in the morning, is my longing for fulfillment as an artist. It’s an odd thing to say given that I’ve recently produced a book, Did You Know I Would Miss You?, have written award-winning TV shows and, thanks to my work as [...]