The past isn’t just what happened—it’s who got to tell it. Stories are powerful tools in shaping history. ~joe miller~ Every older adult you meet, every last one, carries with them a private library full of stories. Stacked high and deep in the quiet corridors of memory are stories.Real stories.Of joy, loss, war and peace. […]
Category: your story
When the Ghosts of the Past Come Knocking
pexels-suzyhazelwood-6785319 “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner Faulkner wasn’t wrong. The past doesn’t ask permission. It just shows up, usually when we’re least prepared for it. Ever notice how memories have impeccable timing? You’re pouring coffee, folding laundry, or staring at a blinking cursor, and bam. A name. A […]
You can write that book!
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) What book, you ask? The book within. What are you talking about? I have no book within. We all do–every one of us. I don’t understand. Let me put it this way: everyone alive has a story. It’s called their life story. Every life story is different because no two […]
Why do I write?
Why write books? Well, I’m an author and that’s what authors do. But the answer is much deeper than that. I want people to read my books and see themselves on the pages. Hopefully, they will see pieces of their lives in them and connect with the message. I love it when I read a […]
Risky Business
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) Most people consider writing or contemplating their first book a huge risk. As I wrote my first one, A Better Man, Husband, Father, I inwardly felt like I was jumping off the cliff of sanity into the pit of gloom. The fear that I held when I first thought about […]
1, One, Uno
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) There’s an old saying, “Everyone has a book in them.” Do you think that’s true? Or do you say “yes, but”? The reality is, and no offense is meant, that everyone has a book in them unless they are brain dead. That’s because every single person has a life story–everybody. […]