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Jul 5, 20224 min read
Ken Goldstein: The Root Word of Contemporary is Temporary
Sometimes I wonder if the advancing of age and a leaning toward old-fashioned values are a hindrance to relevancy in our contemporary...
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Laura Drake: Motorcycles
I'm a bit - quirky. I ride a motorcycle. A lot. I rode 100,000 miles behind my husband before learning to ride my own. I've since logged...
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Judith Arnold: Thinking in Words
I still recall the day I ran into a classmate in college and asked her why she was beaming a megawatt smile. She told me she had just...
Jun 24, 20229 min read
Craig Lancaster: The Pig Life in the Dark
A preamble, then we’ll amble: I’ve had what I consider to be four careers, and they’ve lain together haphazardly, overlapping in some...
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Tom Avitabile: Gun in the Drawer
The audience settles. House lights dim. The curtain opens. The stage lights come up. On the stage, an opulent den. Big cushy leather...
Jun 22, 20223 min read
David Biddle: Summer Stories, Rebellion, and Open-Ended Questions
Summer stories have always been significant in our lives—not just the ones in novels and movies, but the real ones, especially the ones...
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Cara Sue Achterberg: Writing Therapy
Recently I spent some time with a young moms’ group. As I talked, toddlers swirled around us, and a few moms nursed babies. I’d had the...
Jun 17, 20223 min read
Tom Avitabile: The Write Place
A booth at a diner in Jersey, the knee knocker seat on the LIRR, or on my lap sitting in a chaise on the beach in Puerto Rico, even in a...
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Bruce Ferber: From Real Life to the Page
I BURIED PAUL is about a musician struggling to make a living in a creative landscape that has been devalued by the internet and the...
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Lisa King: Writing is a Journey, Not a Destination
Back at the beginning of 2020, I was incredibly stoked (and also pee-pee pants nervous) to be releasing my first novel. This book was a...