I am still quite new to all this blogging stuff. As I began this blog, I noticed in the column at the left the word “Comments” follow by the number 19 in a red circle. I looked it up and it turns out that the first blog I ever posted, dated June 20, 2016 and […]
Author: David Christensen
The Artist and the Drive to Create
Have you ever had one of those days when you wonder what it’s all about? I remember once hearing a “fanatic” defined as one who increases his speed after losing track of his goal. That’s not exactly how I feel today. It’s more as though I keep plugging along despite not experiencing the results which […]
Never Let a Dream Slip Away.
It’s been a year and a half since I last posted a blog. I admit I am not sure why a persons blogs in the first place. I graduated from college in 1973 with a degree in engineering. My senior year I did all my math with a 4-function calculator that cost me over $100. […]
The Procrastinating Author
Perhaps you have a problem similar to one I have. I have so much on my plate that I can actually forget within a few days some sincere commitment I have made. I should have the fourth book in my Millerville Mystery series done by now. But it isn’t. I did read through the first […]
Great Book Idea? Act Now!
When I was in junior high school, I liked to draw my own cars. I remember well when the latest model Plymouth came out and it resembled one of mine. I didn’t grasp what that meant until years later. Then I developed an interest in writing my own melodies. I hadn’t thought about one melody in […]
Books, Music, & Art
Three weeks ago I posted a blog dealing with the “tug of war” I experience every day between writing books and playing piano. By now I would have thought it would settle into a balanced routine. But it hasn’t. It’s still a tug of war. It’s strange to know what I really want to do […]
My Younger Sister, Connie: the Writer
When I first decided to spotlight my older sister, June, I intended later on to spotlight my younger sister, Connie. But as I sat down to write this blog, I realized that you can get to know Connie and her accomplishments easiest by simply clicking on http://connieawalker.com and the click on ABOUT. I hope you take the […]
There’s More to Writing than Fiction
My first training as a writer came by means of a correspondence course. I remember back then, almost thirty years ago, that I also read dozens of books covering a myriad of writing topics. Of the many concepts presented in these books was this: choose a genre and stick with it. And there were many good […]
How Quickly Things Change
Just a little over two weeks ago, I made a firm commitment to post a blog on this website each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (I would then post a blog on http://pianos5th.com each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.) And for two weeks I did just that. But today, things changed, as seems to happen all too often in […]
An Unusual Way to Write a Book
Okay! I admit it! I was not trained to write a book any more so than I was trained to compose a piece of music. I remember once addressing a group of aspiring writers. In retrospect, I should have left explaining the process of writing a book to better trained writers, but then, I was […]