Over the years, many people have asked me to look at their writing. “I need to know, do I have talent or not,” they say. “Then I’ll know if I should pursue writing or stick to accounting.”
Their request is seriously flawed, I’d reply. Anyone can become a better writer. When I taught English Composition at [...]
May
23
A Conversation With Frank Mcgee Author Of A Song For The World: The Amazing Story Of The Colwell Brothers And Herb Allen: Musical Diplomats
Undedr: Essay Writing
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of .Bookpleasures.com, is excited have as his guest Frank McGee, author of A Song for the World: The Amazing Story of the Colwell Brothers and Herb Allen: Musical Diplomats.
Frank has built a distinguished career as a writer and journalist over half a century. In the tumultuous 1960s he [...]
April
22
A Conversation With Rob Costelloe, Author Of Coinage Of Commitment, A Romance About Higher Love From A Man’s Perspective
Undedr: Essay Writing
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Rob Costelloe, author of Coinage of Commitment.
Good day Rob and thanks for participating in our interview.
Norm: When did your passion for writing begin? What keeps you going?
Rob: I wrote earlier in life, including a teeth-cutting first novel, then I abandoned [...]
Authoring as a Risk-Taking Endeavor
Being an unpublished novelist poses all sorts of dilemmas. Writing is entrepreneurial in nature, more than most people realize, and it is fraught with make or break decisions. Which side of the political spectrum do you show yourself? Do you embellish this or that social issue, perhaps the one most fashionable, [...]
Sleepless in Seattle brings on new meaning when staying up all night has nothing to do with another person but rather the shameless addiction of the written word. I would love to be a day person at some point, maybe when I grow up because I do miss that late morning air however, the [...]
