A new story

I don’t give up submitting to the same #litmag, even after a dozen rejections. I tried to give up once, but I gave up on giving up.

Watched Star Wars episode VII on Netflix. They should stop making more of those. They are getting worse and worse and are giving the franchise a bad name. Adam Driver is awful as Kylo Ren and everyone else is just plain bad. The original actors are past their prime and the young ones’ jokes are…

The story ideas are like blood cells: they come to life until you die.

I prefer observations over political discussions. The former are spontaneously honest but the latter are labored and fruitless.

My twin granddaughters, 5 months old now (but adjusted to 3 since they were born prematurely), is the most attentive audience I have ever had.  They are staring at me with starry-eyed admiration and even forget to blink I have already exhausted my considerable arsenal of Russian poetry I know by heart, the English-language stories…

You’re not a Real Writer until the day you realize that a rejection doesn’t mean your story is bad but: 1. Another story is better 2. The editorial assistant partied the night before 3. The pub took all the stories they needed 4. You didn’t follow the guidelines 5. Your story is too good for…