Stupid finger. Press publish already. Right before I post a tweet, a blog entry, or a Facebook comment, my finger stalls at the publish button and I have this conversation. In the world of emotion, I am standing on a promontory, the wind in my face, looking down into a valley thousands of feet below. Soon, I […]
To go back to the beginning of the story, click here. Last paragraph: The nurse withdrew a syringe and plunged it into the skin on one side of the baby’s pale tender neck; the infant screamed and kicked her pajama-clad feet. Max lifted himself a little from his seat and looked on with horror as
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Note: I have written a lot about writing in my blog, but sometimes I just want to write. This is my first science fiction story, which I am introducing as a series of three parts. After you have read them all, let me know how I did. At 44 Maxwell was the most ancient person on the planet. Behind the
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For most of my life I thought my biggest problem was “discipline,” or how to “make myself” do things I should do. In my mind, the more of them I did, the better. For example, writing for 24 hours a day would have been ideal. Basic needs like eating and sleeping were only unfortunate obstacles
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For someone with bipolar disorder, I have apparently been way out of the loop in terms of knowing about all of the intense controversies raging within the bipolar community. However, my recent post “My Bipolar Event in High School” met with an overwhelmingly supportive response from most who read it. But there was a problem.
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Note: Lately I have been writing a short fiction story every weekend. I am going to start sharing a few of them with you, while continuing my regular posts. This story is about a tortured and gifted 8 year old boy.Be HumanThey called him “Alf the Calf.” But not for long, he hoped. Alf set his
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