In 1939, Henry Miller traveled to Greece. War was threatening, so he didn’t delay. He describes his sabbatical year in a memoir called “The Colossus of Maroussi”: “I never knew the meaning of peace until I arrived in Epidaurus.” Miller’s description of his visit to the ancient healing site at Epidaurus, infected me like a [...]
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“Like all weak men, he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.” Somerset Maugham made that observation 100 years ago. Astonishingly, here in the 21st century, the quote still has an ironic ring to it. Tough guy heroes with iron-clad principles still rule political debates and cheap fiction. Hard to believe that [...]
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I was having coffee with a frustrated writer. She couldn’t finish anything. Her characters seemed to have forgotten which of her many manuscripts they belonged in. My friend had no idea what her stories were about, and consequently she was “wasting a lot of time!” So I laid my thesis on her. Five minutes later [...]
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Story Structure To Die For is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered why readers read and why writers
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A phone call out of the blue sends ROXY on a mercy mission to a Greek island. Her estranged grandfather is dying. When her mother refuses
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The Flight of the Patriot
Yadi Sharifirad, Iranian Top Gun, national hero, and poster boy for the military forces of the Islamic Regime, thought his record spoke for itself. But he underestimated Ayatollah Khomeini’s antipathy for American-trained fighter pilots—all but a few were executed. Sharifi’s luck ran out when one fine day ...more
