Sunset & Alvarado
byFrom time to time, as a mental exercise or as a torch to ignite the bonfires of creativity, I sit down with a pen…
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At The Scorpion Motel
byFrom time to time, as a mental exercise or as a torch to ignite the bonfires of creativity, I sit down with a pen…
THE DREAM GARDEN, AND A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND
byThere is one question that writers hear so often that it’s become cliché: ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ We steal them, actually; from…
UNSOLICITED WRITING ADVICE & THE ILLUMINATED SUBJECT
byIf I were to offer novel-writing advice—which I very rarely do—some of that advice would be fairly conventional, or commonsensical: read. A lot. After…
PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE AND THE PWP 3850
byIt’s always nice to rediscover an old friend, human or otherwise. One of my best non-human friends back in the largely forgettable decade of…
BLUE ROUTE Author Ed McGinnis Publishes Third Novel
byWith all of the emphasis on social media these days many writers, musicians and artists—as well as many small businesses and nonprofit organizations—lose sight…
STORY TIME, AND THE GHOST OF JOHANN BRILL
byWhen I was small I used to go for walks with my father. My favorite destination was the old J.G. Brill Company factory adjacent…
FRIENDLY GHOSTS, AND THE EDGE OF FOREVER
byWhile looking through some old boxes in a storage locker recently I found a short story I wrote when I was nineteen: “Friendly Ghosts,…
THE LONELY COOL BEFORE DAWN
by‘The lonely cool before dawn’ is of course a great, evocative line from one of the best songs ever written: Springsteen’s “Thunder Road”. It’s…
Coverage in Delaware County News Network
byRidley Park resident pens book on Delaware County’s controversies They call it the Blue Route, and residents of the Philadelphia area have both loved…