Wordsmith
Welcome to the world of memoirs and novels. Like so many others, I’ve often wondered what it would be like to a published author of a real book. I’ve been a writer for nearly as long as I can remember. As a child I wrote stories but my penmanship was so poor nobody was able to read them. By junior high school I’d switched to entertaining my friends with comic strips. Easily printed words were the key to my success. College was a place to develop writing skills and styles and during my career as an educator I had the opportunity to write professional papers and a newspaper column.
The 1980s brought computers, the World Wide Web and blogs. I decided to write a memoir blog for my grandchildren that turned into my first book, “50 Shades of Grades, My Journey Through Wacadeemia.” It is a hilarious and nostalgic journey of a boy who did so poorly in school that he ended up with a Doctoral degree.
Nostalgia came easy so my next project, “Three Lives of Peter Novak,” is a look back 100 years to my hometown and the immigrants who built it; their struggles and joys. Peter Novak made a deathbed promise to his wife that he would tell his history. This book tells their story.
My short story, Filthy Lucre was selected to be included in the anthology, IT'S ALL IN THE STORY. See below: I hope many of my Southern California friends will find time to attend the book launch at the Book Carnival bookstore in Orange November 2. Signed copies of the book will be available at … [Read More...]
Labor Day Weekend: According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made … [Read More...]
It was a relic but he loved it. An old lawn mower, probably made shortly after World War II ended. No fancy motor. No flimsy aluminum. Just a simple lawn mower. His grandfather used it in the 1950s, his father in the 1970s, and now it was his. The handles, after decades of use, worn smooth of … [Read More...]
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