by svsauthor | Sep 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
I fished in a new place last week. Along the river near home there are four or five spots I know well and go to often, but there also a dozens of miles of backwater not only not visited by me, but also hard to get to by anyone not in a canoe or kayak. Some of my...
by svsauthor | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2003, my publisher and I planned the release of my first book to coincide with a speech I was to give at a conference. On the plane ride home after the speech, I was seated in an aisle seat near the front of the coach section. As attendees from the conference...
by svsauthor | Aug 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Fun has become the prime determinant in what I read. When I go to the library these days, I check out five books knowing I’ll finish only two. If, after the first thirty pages, I don’t care about a novel’s plot, I put it aside. There is too much fun stuff out there to...
by svsauthor | Aug 12, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
If I had to rank my favorite recreational pursuits, I’d probably settle on fishing and writing as my top two. The other day, while I was writing about fishing, I wondered how two such disparate activities could reside side by side at the top of my list. Hunting and...
by svsauthor | Aug 5, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
The other morning I was sitting in a coffee shop when my friend Sam walked in. He asked how my writing was going, and I told him that I was putting in the time without much to show for it. He replied that he’d just read a research article that suggested that writers...
by svsauthor | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Initially my Taiwanese father-in-law did not like me. There were several reasons for this. I was divorced. I was American. I was too old for his daughter (I was 38 years old, she was 31). I was taking her from her home in Taiwan, and I did not have a job waiting for...
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