A Guide to Writing While Long of Tooth
I turn 86 in a couple of week, older even than our President. I feel like I've lived several contiguous lives instead of one long one. I was married four times and have four daughters whom I count foremost among my blessings. I've worn many hats. My byline has appeared in scores of extant and disappeared papers, magazines, on covers and posts, each as ephemeral as summer dandelions - as are most of us. I live in by the Great Lake Michigan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up and made my bones in California. I've worked many jobs, travelling and sedentary, wearing a hard hat, standing or seated. But I've spent the greatest portion of my working hours as I am now - in front of a keyboard. I'm a seasoned veteran and a newbie. I've been a writer all of my adult life, but I've only been writing fiction for the past dozen years - barely long enough to hit my stride and develop what passes for a literary style. It's been a long winding journey through...