cancer
July 8, 2009
- A few months ago I was contacted by a a fellow member of a colorectal cancer web discussion board to simply talk about cancer and writing and how we both are fairing. We shared a number of emails and then a phone call during which I learned that John is a professor of rhetoric at Stanford University, that he is working on a book of essays with another writer/cancer patient to be given to ...
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June 5, 2009
- I had so much fun last night! The event was a giant Expo full of women vendors of all stripes, showing off their wares and skills and businesses. It was so impressive. I'd been invited to sign books and I was able to meet loads of new-to-me readers, which is always a treat. As I was sitting at my table, this stunning woman with fuscia hair walked up. I couldn't help myself: I had to run my hand ...
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June 4, 2009
- The pressures of the day, of a busy life with the usual adult responsibilities, were overwhelming as I awoke this morning. I reviewed the list of tasks facing me in the next week, the next few months, the next year, and I thought: I can’t do it. I am going to stumble. And what does it all mean, anyhow? And then I paused, and remembered where I was a little over a year ago, and I remembered that ...
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May 31, 2009
- Over the past several months I've found myself writing several short stories that are all tied together. Everything began as a kind of dark catharsis. In a very short span of time I watched my godmother Christine pass away from a long battle with cancer. Soon thereafter her father and my grandfather, Frank, passed away. During the same time I lost my longtime companion Wolffie. To say I was ...
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May 27, 2009
- Like most authors I am often asked, 'where do you get your ideas from?'' In this new video, which I've just uploaded, I talk about how I got the idea for my fast-paced crime thriller novel, In Cold Daylight. I'm also reading the prologue from In Cold Daylight. Here is a short blurb about In Cold DaylightWas fire fighter, Jack Bartholomew's death an accident or arson? Who is ...
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May 20, 2009
- Hi all,I just wanted to say that I've had an essay about my cancer and meeting my wife picked up by MSNBC.com. Here's the link -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30748092/
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May 19, 2009
- 9 million viewers tuned in to watch Farrah Fawcett dying of cancer, which makes Farrah, according to some commentators, our Jade Goody. Goody, you probably recall, was the British Reality TV star best known (until her resurgence courtesy of cancer) for racist comments spewed on Big Brother All Stars UK. Goody, like Farrah, went with the televised death route. (Said Goody: “I’ve lived my ...
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May 14, 2009
- There are no endings, he said, Only new beginnings. You can leave your past in the confessional and start from scratch, a Renaissance every week, admittance to High Table, though you may deserve to be below the salt. Or wandering in the dark outside, aimless, footsore and lost. You can sup with the best of them. It's easy, he said, once you sign up to ...
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March 24, 2009
- If you haven't yet seen it, your desire for good health as you grow older demands that you take a look at the Ace Study at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ACE/ It may save your life. The ACE Study is an ongoing collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente. Led by Co-principal Investigators Robert F. Anda, MD, MS, and Vincent J. Felitti, MD, the ACE ...
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March 21, 2009
- I recently was asked why people write about illness; what about it do they find solace in or are they trying to accomplish in terms of healing and/or coping after a cancer diagnosis and treatment?We all do it for different reasons, but here is my answer copied below:"To answer your question with regard to why write about the experience of cancer and what my motivation is. First, I am a ...
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