Whether we write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenplays, or maybe even porno. The one thing we all have in common is writer’s block. Somedays, words seem to pour out effortlessly and on other’s zip. In almost any writing periodical you pick up, at least one article …
Read MoreKOLA HELL
Michael and Cynthia Atkinson are successful attorneys who have worked at the law firm Maxwell and Peet in Boston, MA, for over twenty years. Michael is a corporate attorney specializing in contracts and torts, while Cynthia is a tax attorney. They met at an office …
Read MoreThe Gravedigger
The year was 1951, and the land of morning calm was anything but calm. Korea was bleeding. From the icy ridges of the Yalu River to the southern ports of Busan, the war carved through cities, mountains, villages, and fields. Soldiers fought and died, civilians …
Read MoreEchoes of the Heart
ECHOES OF THE HEART Part 1 Chapter 1 – Evie’s Return In May1919, six months after the end of the “Great War,” a horrific war that left over 20 million dead and 40 million casualties, Evie was finally returning to her home, Kingsley Manor, in …
Read MoreGrocery Store Hell
Most of us have heard about Dante’s nine levels of Hell, but I have just found an even more perfidious tenth level, supermarket grocery shopping. Come on, grocery shopping? What is wrong with that? Most women probably do it almost every week, and they usually …
Read MoreThe Meaning of Life
The topic for my writing group today was “What is the meaning of Life.” And although this topic is obviously important to most people, it is one I personally have never pondered, and that has not seemed important to me. Maybe that is why my …
Read MoreCars I’ve Owned
The topic we were asked to write on today was cars, and for me, that is highly appropriate as I am a car guy. In the sixty-seven years I have been driving, I have owned thirty-one cars and trucks. So it wouldn’t surprise me a …
Read MoreSAVE TREES WITH YOUR CAR
Until the last few years, almost all of my writings were business or technical in nature. With this essay, it seems I have reverted back to my original form. I apologize for that, but like the old story about the scorpion and the turtle crossing …
Read MoreCHRISTMAS – Bah Humbug!
Here we go, another holiday season again, something I personally do not enjoy. I am sorry to say, neither Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa have any meaning to me. I celebrate none of them and, unfortunately, do not look forward to this time of year. And …
Read MoreMy Scariest Moment
With my earlier years spent in the Marine Corps, you would think that the experiences I had then would be among my scariest, and you would be right. There were a few times I thought I was going to die, but maybe because I was …
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