by Clifford James | Sep 22, 2023
Political correctness is a form of censorship which is being used to suppress freedom of speech. (I didn’t write that last piece, but I believe it’s true.) So, while sarcasm, aka satire, may not be politically correct in today’s world, to suppress...
by Clifford James | Sep 21, 2023
Steven M. Sultanoff, a clinical psychologist and professor at Pepperdine University says “The experience of humor and distressing emotions can’t occupy the same psychological space.” My first novel RUNNING SHOES is not humorous; therefore I guess it’s...
by Clifford James | Sep 20, 2023
by Clifford James | Sep 19, 2023
When I was in college, the subject I disliked the most was philosophy. Maybe it was because I didn’t think I would ever be taken seriously enough to have my words repeated. Author Sylvia Plath says it like this: ‘Let me live, love, and say it well in...
by Clifford James | Sep 18, 2023
Some of my favorite fiction authors include Nick Hornby, Jonathan Tropper, James Bailey and of course, Matthew Norman. These are authors I aspire to be. The challenge of course is I have a tendency to be a bit more dramatic in my writing than I perceive them to be. As...
by Clifford James | Sep 17, 2023
I find writing to be therapeutic (and I have been told by a certain few I need therapy). Ralph Waldo Emerson said: ‘To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.’ I have...
by Clifford James | Sep 16, 2023
‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’ – George Eliot
by Clifford James | Sep 15, 2023
As I age, I think a lot about what will be left behind when I leave this place. There are of course children and grandchildren and generations to come. But as the years pass, memories fade. So if you want to be remembered by family and friends, and even...
by Clifford James | Sep 14, 2023
The greatest challenge I face as a fiction writer is at the beginning of my story when I ask myself “Am I comfortable with family and friends reading what I write?” The answer of course is NO! After all, these are some of my innermost thoughts and...
by Clifford James | Sep 13, 2023
I’m all about relationships, combining what I know with what I imagine can be. My goal is to tug on people’s emotions which is most easily accomplished within a contemporary, relatable...
