Writing is my guiding philosophy of life. It’s not a passion or a purpose. It’s the way I live. Because I write, I think of ideas. Ideas lead to things I can…
Writing is my guiding philosophy of life. It’s not a passion or a purpose. It’s the way I live. Because I write, I think of ideas. Ideas lead to things I can sell. Writing helps me sell these things. I live for writing well… I’m an addict. If I can’t write well for two days, […]
When I first wrote a novel in 1991, I remember walking down the road and seeing a pretty girl and thinking, “She might like me now.” I know that a lot of…
When I first wrote a novel in 1991, I remember walking down the road and seeing a pretty girl and thinking, “She might like me now.” I know that a lot of what I write seems to involve whether or not women like me. But that’s what I think about. I want people to like […]
“One day I was in solitary confinement and then just a few years later I was having dinner with the President.” I listened. Tommy told me his story. Being set up. Going…
“One day I was in solitary confinement and then just a few years later I was having dinner with the President.” I listened. Tommy told me his story. Being set up. Going to jail. Not “ratting out” another person in exchange for an easy prison stay. Then being head of security for the Vice President […]
Judy Blume taught me how to masturbate. Judy Blume also taught me how to love. When I was ten I read all of her young adult books (82 million books sold), “Tales…
Judy Blume taught me how to masturbate. Judy Blume also taught me how to love. When I was ten I read all of her young adult books (82 million books sold), “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” “Blubber,” etc. Then I memorized the sex scene in “Forever”. Then I memorized ALL the sex scenes in […]
First off, you lose all of your friends. But hold off on that for a second. Because it gets worse. I got thrown out of graduate school because I spent all my…
First off, you lose all of your friends. But hold off on that for a second. Because it gets worse. I got thrown out of graduate school because I spent all my time writing novels that never got published. I failed five classes in a row and eventually they asked me to leave. Was it […]
I forced Claudia to do something she didn’t want to do. She was scared but I still made her do it. She had written a lot of inspirational posts about yoga over…
I forced Claudia to do something she didn’t want to do. She was scared but I still made her do it. She had written a lot of inspirational posts about yoga over the prior year. This was in 2010 or 2011. I forget. I had her print up all of her articles and put them […]
My 12 year old daughter is afraid to talk to me because I might write it. My sister doesn’t speak to me. My mom doesn’t speak to me. I suspect even Claudia…
My 12 year old daughter is afraid to talk to me because I might write it. My sister doesn’t speak to me. My mom doesn’t speak to me. I suspect even Claudia is afraid of what she says to me. When I was seven years old I plagiarized word for word stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.
