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Becoming a Published Author
Jan 6th
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~Sylvia Plath
Tonight I am continuing my mission of becoming a published author. I have found a local writing group that seems like a good fit and I am heading out right now to see what it is like. I will give you an update on what the group is like in my next entry (and why you might consider finding or joining a writing group).
Till next time…Jack
“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very;” your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ~Mark Twain
Modern Day Flying Carpets
Aug 11th
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I love flying airplanes. One of my uncles took me flying in his private plane when I was 6 or 7 years old and I can still see the way the ground looked from up high, and this more than 40 years later. The entire experience was wonderful.
When I was 18, I considered joining the Air Force to get my wings, but I worn glasses, then as now, and I was told that I could not fly jets with glasses. This made me sad. My father had flown for the Army Air Corp in World War II and I had hoped to follow in his footsteps – it was not meant to be. I would need to wait awhile longer for my “magic carpet”. More >