I wore long hair for years. My mother called it nappy, “Nappy Anthony hair.” I always felt like she didn’t approve, but it wasn’t until years later that I realized that she didn’t like her own hair, which suspiciously looks like my hair. Nonetheless, I wore long hair. I alwaysContinue Reading
“I thought I already heard this song,” Janice said. On our toy CD player, we were listening to a Book of Love CD. “You have,” I said. It’s a 30 year old CD, who knows how many times she’d heard this song. “No, I mean today,” she said. “I don’tContinue Reading
I feel like books just aren’t fashionable anymore. I know it can’t be true, not exactly. But I do wonder how likely it may be. I just say books, and not reading. I think people are reading as much as ever. I hope they are reading. But books seem toContinue Reading
It’s a question I often ask my coworkers: “What would The Breakfast Club be about today?” Would it be about five misfits learning that they’re more alike than not, or would it be five kids on cellphones? I think the question is appropriate. I also ask about the common experiencesContinue Reading
In those analog days I knew a great many people. At any given time I probably knew about 40 to 50 people. I had classmates, coworkers, and neighborhood friends. I still have about the same amount of people now. This group of people is fluid, they change, people come andContinue Reading
At the risk of sounding like a sentimental old man with recounted tales of the good old days, let me deflate the notion instantly. First, the good old days were anything but. Pick any decade and really think about the condition of the world, our country and you’ll know thatContinue Reading
We took a walk through an unsavory part of town today. I mean, sort of, there really isn’t much in our little town that is unsavory. We got derelict neighborhoods, abandoned factories and we still haven’t finished repairs from the 2013 floods. Along the St Vrain river greenway between IssakContinue Reading
I was gifted a small yellow moleskin notebook once. I get gifted notebooks very often, actually. It comes with part I play as writer, I’m sure. I have, of course, my favorite notebook, the 9.75 x 7.5 wide ruled composition notebook. They’re durable with sewn pages and a thick coverContinue Reading
A few weeks back I wrote out my list for short fictions to read during a lunch hour. I would like to revise the Richard Brautigan story “The Weather in San Francisco” for this one:Continue Reading
Is this chart valuable for you as you develop your characters?Continue Reading