by Clifford James | Apr 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant Aprill 16, 2024As they say, there are only two sure things in life: Death and Taxes. Taxes had to be filed yesterday, so let’s talk about death. Not to be morbid, but when you reach a certain age, you want to prepare. The preparation is more...
by Clifford James | Apr 4, 2024
Writer’s Rant 4/4/24 Tugging at the Heart “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” (Robert Frost) OK, I admit it. Sometimes I can show emotion. I was surprised by the emotions I sometimes...
by Clifford James | Mar 23, 2024
Writer’s Rant3/23/24″I drink to make other people more interesting.” (Ernest Hemingway) I have to admit, I am easily bored. It’s not a reflection on you, although it might be. Sorry, but not everyone can be as interesting as me! (If you...
by Clifford James | Mar 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 3/17/24“I clapped because it’s finished, not because I liked it.” (anonymous) Spoiler alert. If you don’t like happy endings, My book RUNNING SHOES is not for you. I wrote and rewrote the ending several times. None of the endings were...
by Clifford James | Mar 11, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 3/11/24Studies (from Harvard U) show that people who live with a purpose, live longer. In Rick Warren’s “The Purpose Driven Life” he so aptly states: “Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it....
by Clifford James | Mar 6, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 3/6/24These are my Truths”Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth” (Albert Camus). I am a writer of (mostly) fiction. I find my ideas however based on truths, which adds veracity to Camus’ statement. Although what I...
by Clifford James | Feb 29, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 2/29/24″We have to talk” As men, these are probably four of the most feared words ever heard from their partners. Our immediate thought is “what did I do now?” and “will I be sleeping on the couch tonight?”...
by Clifford James | Feb 25, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 2/25/24 Wait For It “I would like to apologize to anyone I have not offended yet. Wait for it. I will get to you shortly.” The verb “to wait” can mean two very different, yet similar things. Sometimes we have to wait;...
by Clifford James | Feb 11, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 2/11/14In 1958, Walt Disney made a move titled “White Wilderness”; rightfully titled as it took place in Alaska. It featured what was commonly known as the “lemming death plunge” in which hundreds of lemmings followed...
by Clifford James | Feb 1, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 2/1/24″What’s the difference between a tornado and divorce in the South? Nothing! Someone’s losing a trailer.” Texas, Florida and North Carolina rank highest for the most number of trailer parks in the US. The south has been...
