← Previous – TW20 – Next → NEVER TOO OLD, NEVER TOO YOUNG How many times I have heard it said-“I wish I were younger.” If the people who utter these words are up in age and taking about entering the Olympics or becoming
Read More

← Previous – TW19C – Next → SOME MAKE IT……With a Hefty Price There was a studio apartment open on the top floor in my apartment house and Robert and Irina moved in. He was determined be would become a writer. I gave him
Read More

← Previous – TW19B – Next → SOME MAKE IT…… In One’s Unique Field Roy Howard started publishing Sawasdee, Thai Airways’ in-flight magazine. The magazine’s editorial offices were in Hong Kong and Roy hired a bright young writer, Dean Barrett, to edit the magazine.
Read More

← Previous – TW19A – Next → SOME MAKE IT; SOME GIVE UP Learning to write is like the swimmer attempting to swim the English Channel. For days on end, for weeks, for months, he practices. Finally the day arrives and he begins his
Read More

← Previous – TW18B – Next → HAZARDS, PITFALLS AND DANGERSBe Yourself, Continue Learning and Innovating Not all agree with my premise that to become a writer all one needs is lots of hard work and determination. Success doesn’t come easy and this we
Read More

← Previous – TW18A – Next → Chapter 18AHAZARDS, PITFALLS AND DANGERSAdjustment to Changes Writing has it rewards, and as I mentioned, they are many. But writing also has its hazards, pitfalls and even dangers. Writing is a lonely business, and it can be
Read More

← Previous – TW17 – Next → Chapter 17WRITERS’ REWARDS Most people worry about losing their jobs. The higher up the cooperate ladder they climb, the worse it becomes. The farther they can fall. You hear people say: “What if I lose my job?”
Read More

← Previous – TW16 – Next → Chapter 16MAKING THE GRADE Nothing is more disturbing than hearing someone who wants to be a writer say they don’t know what to write about. In other words, they want to write but don’t have anything to
Read More

← Previous – TW15 – Next → Chapter 15NEEDED, A MOTIVE? What is my motive for wanting to write? I am often asked this question. Is it an axe I have to grind or the course of history I want to change? It’s none
Read More

← Previous – TW14B – Next → Chapter 14BTRAVELING WITH TRAVEL WRITERSLots of Reading Reading and studying must be a continuous effort to do good writing. Writer must know their history and pass it on accurately to the reader. That doesn’t mean to be
Read More