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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: inspiration
Book Review: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
When Suleika Jaouad was only twenty-two years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia, and she was told that she had only a thirty-five percent chance of survival. It began with a maddening itch on her legs shortly after she moved … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, inspiration, leukemia, memoir, road trip, travel, Writing
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Acting As If You’re a Writer
The concept of acting as if posits that if you behave as if something you desire has already occurred, eventually your desire will catch up with you and become reality. In conducting some rudimentary research on the topic, it is … Continue reading
The Writing Is Its Own Reward
Harlan Ellison’s recent demise and an upcoming eulogy in his honor at a science fiction convention have caused me to remember the time when I first knew that I had to be a writer and nothing else. I’ve written about … Continue reading
Book Review: Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
It was through the best-selling self-published writer Hugh Howey that I learned about this book. He posted a review of it on his site that got me sufficiently interested to seek it out. Howey, from his frequent online essays and … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged inspiration, inspiration for writers, IQ, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, success, Writing
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Book Review: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
When I heard about this book I had to have it. I’m fascinated by the creative processes of others, one main reason being I have so much trouble with my own. The temptation to compare is impossible to resist, but … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged creativity, inspiration, schedules, Writing
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Step by Step
I felt overwhelmed today. There are work issues, family issues, and urgent business that needs to be taken care of. Our finances, as of those of most people in Greece, are in a tailspin. To top it all off, it’s … Continue reading
Loneliness versus Solitude
You can’t write about a subject like this unless you are going through it, or have gone through it. And why should I be lonely? I am surrounded by people. I am almost never physically alone. Lately, nonetheless, I have … Continue reading
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Tagged inner strength, inspiration, loneliness, peace of mind, solitude
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Staying Put
Since I just wrote a post about the importance of a writer getting out and seeing and experiencing life, I figured I had better balance it out with the imperative of a writer returning to the desk, planting butt in … Continue reading