Month: April 2004
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For Writers Who Aspire to Inspire
Here’s my compilation of various resources in which I think writers might be interested. They are in no particular order or categorization. The Literary Market Place Get to your public library first thing in the morning to get your hands on this book. Otherwise all of the other writer’s in your local community will grab…
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Gaining Perspective Through Astronomy
The Inner Ring Sun Size: 1,300,000 Earths Equatorial Radius: 695,000 km Rotational period (days): 25 (equator) – 36 (poles) Minimum Surface Temperature: – – Maximum Surface Temperature: – – Age (Billions of Years): 4.5 Composition: Hydrogen (92.1%), Helium (7.8%) Description For many, the center of our world is the Earth, but those with perspective know…
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We Don’t Know the Things We Don’t Know
I have a rather embarrassing confession to make. Until recently, I had no idea what the phrase, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too” meant. You read me correctly. I did not understand why someone could not simultaneously have their cake and eat it until I was 30 years old. Before that I…
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Great Books: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Born in 1922, Kurt Vonnegut is a representative of the “Greatest Generation,” that group who saved the Earth from evil in WWII; yet, Vonnegut’s writing style speaks best to my own generation “X.” He is funny, edgy, off-color, yet poignant, matching the minds of a Generation skeptical of authority and a tendency to ridicule the…