Why is it so hard to write?

Writing.  The arcane art.  Just open a vein and write, as the saying goes.  It’s easy, isn’t it? I was chatting with a couple of my playwriting friends and we were complaining how hard it is to write.  If we think of ourselves as writers, why would the thing we do that classifies us as…

How Quickly Life Changes…

My previous blog entry was all about how great 2011 was.  A couple of hours after posting that blog, I found out my father had suffered a massive heart attack and got ready to go Montreal and visit him in the hospital.  Three days later, we were planning his funeral.  Here’s his obituary notice: GRUNER,…