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My love affair with controversial writing
“At first, they’ll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they’ll dislike you.” ― Criss Jami Love it or hate it, controversial subject matter connects with a...
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Don’t Be Afraid To Show The Reader That You Are a Little Insane
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer -Friedrich Nietzsche Even his biggest fans would have to admit, Nietzsche was a bit nuts. But if Nietzsche was anything like the...
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I wish I could have met Michael Chricton
“Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.” ― Margaret Atwood Okay, quote aside -I really loved reading Michael Chricton’s books – I...
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A Sound, A Warning or Regret
A sound, A warning or Regret I The click, click, click from a now nearby patron The storm in your brain lengthening the hour This clock facade, it has stopped to mock your face Brutally bashfully...
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Should we cuss when writing?
-Every time we sit down to write we are faced with decisions. Should we write in first person or third? Should the story end happy or sad? -Hemingway’s quote makes a great point. Some authors steer...
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The “Why” behind writing
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. To ‘Why am I here?’ To uselessness. It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create,...
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The Author’s Search for Meaning
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. ~Hannah Arendt The author as an artist is in a unique spot as far as philosophy and ideology goes. Everyone from...
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Between The Futile and Famished
Between The Futile and Famished When the dawn comes slowly I may be sleeping in But much to my dismay the day it begins And the sun does beckon, arise But to my eyes, it gives little dismay For...
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Live First . . . Write Second . . .
Are you constantly asking the question: What should I write? Even the most gifted writers sometimes face writers block, but there is a point where writers block becomes perfectly...
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On The Roof
On top of the roof Those things undiscovered Become tiny causes of light Not necessarily the stars, but each tiny thing in sight And when the rain does fall, fall with all its might...
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Hunter S. Thompson’s Formula For Not Being a Miserable And Unproductive Writer
The above image was a sign that hung over the desk of the late Hunter S. Thompson. The words on the sign, no music + bad TV = bad mood + no pages, were a warning the writer issued to himself. If...
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Some Thoughts on The Agony of Writing
A friend , who is also a fellow writer, and I have recently been discussing the problem of finding voice. Specifically, he worries that he has no voice and even more specifically that his words do...
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An American March
Where are the marchers and where did the go? A song of silence for the strong of will. It is unfortunate how many pills The whole lot has been made to swallow. And I take them too when I’m feeling...
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The Free and Other Poems
West End’s first publication comes from yours truly. The Free is an epic prose poem that follows the Liberating, yet reckless, path of several youth. Though questioning, rebellion, sex, drugs,...
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