MY WRITERS SITE: 2014-07-27

You get ideas from daydreaming.

“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.”— Neil Gaiman. “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”

....but remember to laugh................

Years of love

“…Years of love have been forgot

In the hatred of a minute.”

— Poe, Edgar Allan

Wal-Mart earned $27 billion in profit last year.

“Wal-Mart earned $27 billion in profit last year. They could afford to pay their bottom million workers $10,000 more a year, raise all of those people out of poverty, cost — save taxpayers billions of dollars, and still earn $17 billion in profit, right? It’s simply nuts that we have allowed this to happen. […] You know, this ridiculous idea that a worker on Wall Street who earns tens of millions of dollars a year securitizing imaginary assets or doing high-frequency trading is worth 1,000 times as much as workers who earn tens of thousands of dollars a year educating our children, growing or serving us our food, throwing themselves into harm’s away to protect our life or property, that this difference reflects the true value or intrinsic worth of these jobs is nonsense.” — Nick Hanauer, Venture Capitalist, on the necessity of a living wage

Don’t be seduced into thinking

“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” Arthur Miller

(Who was a millionaire)

Me

“I’m an adult, but not like a real adult”

Confused? Don’t know what to do with your life and can’t figure out the next move?

Welcome to the human race. At some point, on a regular basis, most people areas lost and confused as you are and most people won’t admit it.

Don’t worry about not knowing what to do next. You’ll figure it out. Just remember life isn’t on your time schedule. Seeing clearly takes time because life is complex, involved and confusing and making things worse is the fact that you are on your own when it comes to figuring out which path to take.

Don’t be hard on yourself when you get lost on the road of life because it happens to the best of us. Nobody on the planet has a road map or a secret book of easy answers. There are no sure fire formulas to success and happiness. What works for me probably won’t work for you. You will, I assure you, trip and fall along the way and that’s okay. That just means you’re trying to get somewhere and that you are will to walk through the dark and unknown paths to get there.

Don’t worry about not knowing what to do next. You’ll figure it out.

...and be happy, you'll be just fine..............

Happiness consists of achieving harmony between you and the life you lead

Happiness consists of achieving harmony between you and the life you lead. If those two things are in sync; happiness will be with you. But remember, getting to that point, living a life that reflects your goals, wants and needs, takes time and effort and it’s something you must constantly work to keep. But don’t worry about, you’ll get there, Good things take time.

here....here's some happy bubbles for you...enjoy

Gimme that

To my friends....

A referral point for my friends (personnel friends, meaning people I know in my personnel life) who want me to “Take a look at my stuff.” For years I’ve said sure, I’ll look at it, meaning edit it. But I have always forewarned them that I take the processes seriously and I won’t pull any punches and not to get angry with me. They always, always, always assure me that they want to a professional edit and that I shouldn’t pull any punches just because we’re friends. Then I edit their work and they get angry at me. So here’s what we’re going to do. If you want me to give my opinion on your writing or edit your work, the charge is $50.00 an hour with a four hour minimum. That should stop most of you from asking me to look at your work and while preserving our friendship.

Why this blog is here.

I am largely self-educated, and this blog is continuation of that education. I have an MFA, but that doesn’t have much to do with an education, not the kind I’m talking about. An advanced degree means I am able to follow instruction.

Never ending self-education means I adore knowledge and enlightenment of both the ordinary and the odd and that’s what this blog is about. It is by me, written for my benefit. You are more than welcomed to drop by as often and for as long as your heart desires.

John William Tuohy

I was born and raised in Connecticut and now live in rural West Virginia with my wife, Mary, and my dog Eli.

I hold an AA and MA in literature and an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. I spent most of my career as a political consultant and hated every living second of it.

I am produced and award-winning playwright. (Cyberdate, The Hannigans of Beverly, etc.)

I am the author of 12 books on traditional organized crime, an autobiography (No Time to Say Goodbye) two books of short stories (Short Stories from a Small Town, Washington Behind the Monuments) a novella (Imago Summer, 1971) and several books on Connecticut history. I proud to be the historian of Ansonia Connecticut. I sit on the board of Mt. St. John's School.

I occasionally and reluctantly work as an editor but only when I need money to travel.

I am an accomplished amateur photographer, a frustrated painter and not a half-bad gardener and I cook. I collect coins, stamps and political memorabilia. I love film so much that I built a large theater in my home. (I also wrote "On the Waterfront: the Making of a Great Amercian film")