It’s pretty amazing, the song “The Sound of Silence”. I’ve always really liked it for various reasons, especially the visuals the lyrics provide. Even the “alternate lyrics” versions we came up with in Mixed Company at Prospect High School (I’m looking at you, Anne.). I’m not going to lie and tell you that the last …
Category Archives: Writing
Being Passionate About Something
There was a period in my professional career where I heard almost every other applicant bounce into my office and tell me she was “passionate” about beauty therapy. It drove me absolutely stark-raving bonkers because how could so many people be so “passionate” about the same thing? (As an aside, as I type this blog, …
Depersonalization and Creativity
I know my blog has covered a lot about the dissociative disorder known as depersonalization, but since there are so few people who are diagnosed with it, and some people who have been diagnosed with it have reached out to talk about it, I thought it was best that I cover my experiences so others …
If You’re on a Critiquing Site, Expect Critiques
I know I kinda touched on this particular critiquing issue the other day in a Facebook post, but I’d like to take the opportunity to expand on it a bit. For those of you not in the know, I belong to a writing critiquing site called Scribophile. (For all you writers out there, I can’t …
I Can’t Believe I Did It Finally
Well, I finally did it. I’m anxious and excited and nervous and worried and happy and elated all at the same time. I just submitted my story “The Replacement” to The New Yorker for consideration for publication.
A Happier New Year, 2017 Style
When another New Year rolls around, quite a few of us make resolutions to make this year different from the last. We’re going to lose weight, or stop drinking so much, or run three times a week. How often we stick to these resolutions really depends on our outlook and our drive to make such …
“Ben”: A Published Poem by Yours Truly
So, there’s been a lot going on in my life lately, and I’ve not been able to blog as much as I’d like. Sorry about that. One cool thing I ended up doing last week was I took that blogger’s advice that dissociative people should undertake something they love and work with it. Okay, I …
What Type of Tattoo Would I Get? My Mom Got One…
I speak with my Mom every week to every two weeks. Living on opposite sides of the world is hard, but it’s a little bit easier with the invention of Skype and FaceTime, WhatsApp and Apple Messenger, Instagram and Facebook. Communication is so much easier now than it was when I first moved to New …
My 40 Year Love Affair With Star Trek… Is Over
Anyone who knows me knows my love for Star Trek. As a child, I remember my parents introducing me to Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Bones, and the Enterprise, these complex characters and graceful-looking starship soaring from planet to planet. I think some of the weekly aliens scared me, especially when they flashed them up at the …
My Writing Journey in 2014
Originally, I was quite an artistic person. I think everyone who knew me up until about ten years ago could tell you I was always drawing or writing down ideas, doodling, making comics, all sorts of stuff. My skills weren’t extraordinarily fantastic, but I enjoyed it. Sadly, when I was young — about 8, I …
