Category Archives: The Troubles

It’s always good to hear from old friends, but especially good to get back in contact with old friends that are in my book. Just the day before yesterday, while editing the Around the World section, I was thinking of … Continue reading →

The real test of writing comes from reading the work out loud. I was shocked to hear what mistakes got past my eyes, though when you’ve been going over the same text for long enough it becomes easy to understand … Continue reading →

Just finished tweaking the world tour section. Had gone down a dark path earlier but was able to find the duality again, to temper the gloom with a bit of a laugh. I mean, you gotta see the humor in … Continue reading →

Ugh…lost sight of the humor for a bit while trying to get the details right. Back on track now, though, and moving right along.

In refreshing the Around the World section I got kinda down about it. I felt like something was missing. Going on a round the world trip should have been exciting and yet much of what I could remember was more … Continue reading →

The around the world trip is turning out to be tougher to handle than I thought. Currently working on Tokyo – not sure how much I can play up the fact that we went to a traditional Japanese restaurant for … Continue reading →

Chugging along. I’ve now locked Portora Year Two. The editing is really quite easy at this stage. The biggest challenge I’ve had thus far is resequencing – finding that I was in Saudi when I wrote I was in England. … Continue reading →

I’ve worked through Portora Year Two but haven’t locked it yet. Am waiting to do a final run through after some resequencing. Had to remove the entire Easter portion because a) it didn’t hold up compared with the rewrites I’ve … Continue reading →

Whew! I went through Portora year one with a great deal of apprehension because I discovered it needed help. Some things were out of sequence and other things just needed to be reworked. So I took the section apart, cut … Continue reading →

Struggling a bit with the Winter Term 1979 portion. Almost drawing a blank. I was in Ireland for Christmas ’78, and I went to the States for Easter ’79, but what happened in between is a mystery now that I’ve … Continue reading →