If you’ve ever tickled a child, played peek-a-boo with one, or just watched them play, you know they were not born bashful or shy. For that reason, I don’t thing I was either. But somethings must have happened to turn me inward–to cause me to withdraw. Some of them might have been me letting my […]
Month: June 2016
The Power of Coincidences
In 1978 there was on television the most incredible series. It was called, Connections. It was created, written, and presented by James Burke, a science historian. The idea behind its 10 episodes was that each of today’s incredible inventions began years ago with some totally unrelated invention and through subsequent inventions today’s miracle inventions exist. Have […]
My Older Sister, June: the Writer
I have an older sister. Her name was June, as you must have guessed from the title of this blog. I use the past tense, was, only because she died in an automobile accident in 1966 – just three months after graduating from college. She was a straight A student – and a writer. She […]
Kindle in 30 Challenge
A month or so ago, my sister, Connie Walker (connieawalker.com), and I decided to take the week beginning June 20, 2016 and spend it learning how to market our books. We had, months ago, purchased a course called Publishing Profit System, which offered some special help in what it termed, Kindle Training. Then we both got […]
Writing & Music: A Tug of War
I suppose it is appropriate that I make the first post, for my newly constructed website, about one of my life’s most interesting conflicts. Do I put my time into writing books or composing music? (And if I had the time I would also be torn toward illustrating several of my tentative books.) I composed my […]