DISCUSSING PUBLIC POLICY, POLITICS, CREATIVE WRITING AND LITERATURE
A short story is a reminder that while human life is finite, our thoughts can still traverse the universe in a few moments or less. The greatest challenge a writer faces is the limitation of time. A writer is a thousand or million-year-old being, held captive in a young body that is subject to gravity….
Each time I sit down to write fiction, I embark on a voyage out in the ocean. A voyage is full of uncertainties. When a writer starts to craft a story, the journey to the last sentence of the manuscript is also full of uncertainties. On some days, the weather is bright and sunny, and…
For the writer, words are flowers that can be woven together to create a garland. The scent from the garland can be intoxicating, not just for the readers, but the writer too. No wonder, reading and writing are both addictive. A writer can forgo sleep to maximize the number of hours spent in creative expression…
A writer is not one who puts the tip of a pen on a piece of paper and proceeds to use language to craft an essay, state an opinion, present a poem, or create a story. A writer is someone who does either one, some, or all of these, not as tasks, but as a…