Walter and I Work Out
(In honor of James Thurber, creator of Walter Mitty.) I exercise a few times a week at the Joe Farmer Rec Center in Allen. It’s adequate–a full-court gym, two racquetball...
Author: Hurls
The Myth of Control
I lived in Southern California in the early 80’s. In my spare time, I visited Laguna and Huntington, to body surf and frolic. Once time, my back turned to the...
Where Do You Get Ideas (part 2-Devlin Spudd is born!)
Flashback six years or so. It was late, I was tired, my mind was racing, and my body refused to rest. Replaying events from the day, from classes to Debate...
Where Do You Get Ideas? (part 1)
BY HURLS · MAY 12, 2023 Said to be the wisest of all the Greek Muses, Calliope inspired writers. Being cool Cats, we had a writing center at Wheeling High School called the...
Waving Goodbye
Growing up, my bedroom window looked out over the driveway in our small-town tract home. My ear learned the sound of vehicles coming and going. When my dad left for...
To Be a Grown-Up
When I was a kid, the adult world was as alien as Mars. Not only was I incapable of living there, I had no desire to. The landscape was inhabited...
Writing Worsely, I Mean Badly (According to Bruce)
Bruce, here, is Bruce Ballenger. He wrote an article entitled The Importance of Writing Badly, one of the guiding forces when I taught Creative Writing and, more importantly, when I...
We’re All Writers
Some people seem impressed when they discover I’ve published a book. To be clear, I’m extremely proud of Chasing Rainbows and Dogs that Won’t Hunt. I love the characters and...
