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How I Got My Scar Contest

Every Saturday in the summer, my two older sisters and I would traipse over the tracks that ran through our hometown Westmont, Illinois to Grandma’s house. Grandpa was there too, but he just sat in his easy chair not saying a word. Grandma had the bulletin with the current attractions at the Westmont Theater hanging […]

When Weak Old Work Becomes Vibrant New Work

  A good idea is a good idea, period.ย  Right? Yes! When I first wrote a number of short stories and plays, the impetus for writing them was that they represented truth as I knew it.ย  Now, I reread them and find that the development of the idea seems weak.ย  I did a fairly decent […]