Here’s a poem for anyone who has had to sit around meetings, classes, or parties, where folks who are clearly in over their heads, talk just to talk. You know what I’m saying. Officespeak There is no “I” in team, But there is no “we” in creativity… However, if you look closely you’ll find AContinueContinue reading “Officespeak”
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Exactly
Hello friends! Recently I thought I’d try my hand at some Flash Fiction. It’s a good challenge, because you have to write super tight to tell a story in 50 ,100, or 300 words. Here’s a new piece, “Exactly”, that went live on the Friday Flash Fiction zine on 9.13. Thanks folks. You can findContinueContinue reading “Exactly”
Bits and Bobs and “The Wave”
Happy September everyone. Been busy working, writing, resisting; hanging with Jude, catching up with old friends across the pond, teaching my boy how to drive a bit and poof, now he’s a sophomore at USN. As the temperature heats up and the water rises, thought I’d share a few bits and bobs of creative stuffContinueContinue reading “Bits and Bobs and “The Wave””
President’s Day
Naturally some of us write more than others, by necessity and desire, but I was reading Lincoln: the Biography of a Writer last week and not coincidentally, ran across one of President Lincoln’s most impassioned texts on the power of writing. He wrote his own material, as they say nowadays, and often kept it in hisContinueContinue reading “President’s Day”
Happy New Year and the New Book
Dear Friends and Family – Holiday Greetings, happy New Year, and best of 2015 to you all! Thought I’d send along a little holiday update that should’ve gone with a card or letter, but alas, will have to arrive electronically. As a fan of handwritten notes, postcards, and stories of other people’s vacations, I loveContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year and the New Book”
Doug Hoekstra 