17 Ping Pong Balls and Reaching Into the Dark and Dank Pit to Deal With a Writer’s Despair
Coming face to face with years of neglect, the author must fix a problem or risk destroying a thing he doesn’t want to have to replace.
Mickey Hadick
The Plugged Drain Pipe and the Kitchen Sink
We were worried for a while… (Photo via Stencil) About three weeks ago, on a quiet Friday evening as Mary and I were contemplating what we might do to occupy ourselves, there was a burbling noise coming from the kitchen, as if the faucet had been left on. Our son was showering upstairs, and we … Read more
Meditate to train your brain, calm your mind, and awaken your creativity with little fuss and lots of benefits
Meditate anywhere. Don't over think it. Under think it. (Photo via Stencil) I write novels. That artistic effort requires concentrating on story problems for multiple hours a day. It demands that your mind enters a state of flow and to enter the invented minds of your invented characters as you write down their story. Because … Read more
The Eternal Struggle Between Private Time and Family Time for a Writer Like Me
How a Quiet Night Between Holidays Became the Battle Ground Between Me and My Family Kind of looks like me. (Photo via Stencil) The Monday following Thanksgiving, my wife realized that we had an evening in which no one had any plans. Not me, not her, nor our daughter or son. This was a rarity … Read more
Blood in the House and the Natural System of the Universe
Chaos in the family unit is not unlike chaos at the national level