by Clifford James | Oct 11, 2023
“There is one word that describes people that don’t like me: Irrelevant.” (Anonymous). The same is true of my writing. If you don’t like my writing, you’re irrelevant. I don’t make you that way. You do it to yourself when you have nothing to...
by Clifford James | Oct 10, 2023
“Slow Down, You Move too Fast” (Harpers Bazaar)- “You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.” (Joan Rivers). I love to drive, but as I age, I tend to drive a little slower. I look at it...
by Clifford James | Oct 9, 2023
“Breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can’t do it in one push; you got to rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over.” (Jerry Seinfeld). As comedian Nate Bargatze tells it, his wife’s parents are divorced and she wants to visit...
by Clifford James | Oct 8, 2023
“Here’s all you have to know about men and women: Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.” (George Carlin). I enjoy reading fiction as well as writing fiction. To be honest, I enjoy fiction written by men as opposed...
by Clifford James | Oct 7, 2023
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” (Jack Handey) First, let’s talk about shoes. If you find yourself walking in someone else’s...
by Clifford James | Oct 6, 2023
“I have no special talent; I am only passionately curious.” (Mark Twain) I don’t profess to have an exemplary ability to write. But I am passionately curious as to where my imagination might lead me. That’s why I write fiction. It isn’t...
by Clifford James | Oct 5, 2023
“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.” – (Jane Goodall). My novel characters are not apes, they are people. And without me, they have no voice. I write so that I too, have a voice. It’s my opportunity to be heard, even...
by Clifford James | Oct 4, 2023
You know who you are! How many of us actually know where one of the most sung songs in the western world actually comes from? The melody of “Happy Birthday to You” comes from the song “Good Morning to All” which has traditionally been...
by Clifford James | Oct 3, 2023
I have mixed feelings about poetry. I am not a fan unless its set to music. Then I have an appreciation. I’ve figured out that when set to music, I get a much better sense of the meaning of the poem. Most great poems however are never set to music (except for...
by Clifford James | Oct 2, 2023
“Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. ‘Lost Illusion’ is the undisclosed title of every novel.” (Andre...
