Tag Archives: On Writing

Book Review: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

I occasionally like to read books about writing, to see what other writers have to say about it.  I came across this book at a Seattle Friends of the Library book sale.  It was almost free so, since I had … Continue reading

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What’s Gone Down and What’s Coming Up

I am starting to realize the uniqueness of every writer’s, indeed every person’s, walk in life.  No two literary careers are the same, thank God.  Otherwise you might as well simply be programmed virtually at birth and remain alive artificially … Continue reading

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My Favorite Books on Writing

I don’t think you can learn writing from a book.  If it can be taught, it is more through osmosis, through absorbing everything around you, including books, personal experience, and insight from other writers.  I hesitate to add writing classes, … Continue reading

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Book Review: Jack London, Sailor on Horseback by Irving Stone

We writers are often lonely people.  We labor away day after day, alone in our rooms at our keyboards.  Often those around us don’t understand what we are going through and what drives us to persevere. How I acquired this … Continue reading

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Love Children: A Novel by John Walters – Now Available!

My first novel, “Love Children”, is now available in various electronic formats on Amazon and Smashwords. The Amazon link is here:  http://www.amazon.com/Love-Children-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B005DPMF5U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312132795&sr=1-1 The Smashwords link is here:  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/75295 The print edition will be available later this year.  I decided to … Continue reading

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