Sorry to hear but understand how these things can happen. Sometimes writer's block is stess inducing and simplifying your life is the best way.

Hope that someday you'll find your way back. Your words and spirit here will be missed.

Take care and do visit us once in a while to let us know how things are going and to, hopefully, have a good read that will help lift your spirits if not inspire you to write again.

WS

I live in Australia. My daughters life would be truly blessed, if only come rain or come shine, I would jump on the trampoline with her. Alas, I am not a fan of wet socks!

I loved the Stand. One of my favourite post-apocalyptic stories. I devoured Stephen King when I was a teenager. Unfortunately, I didn't read IT until my twenties. As soon as I read about the librarian character (name escapes me right now - the african american character, anyway) I realised that I had missed my calling in life and that I should have and could have become a librarian.

I never got into Koontz, nothing ever really struck my fancy. I did try listening to one of his audio books but I found the prose a little clumsy.

I think I also read just about everything by Richard Laymon as well. Teenage tastes sometimes leave no explanation!

Thanks for the suggestion of the Black House, I'll have a look out for it.

Sorry, Thunderbird. It's called Under the Dome. And he did write a book called The Black House.

Hi Thunderbeard,

As I look back, the first horror novel I read was Stephen King's, Salems Lot. My father, who was a prolific reader and not one to step into the room of horror, loved it. I've read most of his novels and short stories. His greatest novel, in my opinion is The Stand. His most recent is, The Dome.

I'm not a Koonz fan because he uses too much description of sunsets, nature, etc. Plus, the picture of him and his Golden Retriever, living in Newport Beach is a bit...I don't know.

Hope this helps

Very nice entry. Wish I were your kid! (Instead of old enough to be your dad...LOL). Reading to children is one way to hook them into reading on their own. Possibly the best way.

"Every character has a different voice" priceless. Every character/poem/persona we choose as writers should too.

Where do you live that you can grow a garden, albeit peas, in the winter? I'm glad you blessed your daughter by spending that quality time with her. It obviously blessed her.

nice poem!

farts?
No offence intended. It reminds me of my dad.

Hi Thundersbeard,

I thought this poem sounded familiar!

Cindy