Literary Agents Who Wear Comfort Blinders When Critiquing a Thriller

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I’m a writer, and hopefully that is obvious to readers on this site.  If not, I have failed miserably in my quest to show some of my craft. So, I am writing a new novel, a thriller which I must admit, is a different view on terrorism.  But I have done my research, and interviewed the right people well before I started writing.  It is based on reality. I recently attended a writer’s conference and as Read More

Little League Baseball, Meat Cleavers, Prison and Hotel California

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Italics indicate brief lyrics from Hotel California by the Eagles -a  great song many people know the words to, however, this story does not in any way suggest that this song has anything to do with prison or crime. That should be obvious to all readers. We were both ten years old, wild and free, and as was customary after a little league baseball game, we avoided going back home immediately at all costs. Usually Read More

Common Sense and New Year’s Eve

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  While I am an educated man and I have some wisdom in my occupation, that doesn’t  mean I always immerse myself in common sense. It’s New Year’s Eve and I should’ve known better, and it certainly would’ve been better to hire a professional on this night.  But that didn’t happen.  I needed a little adventure on this special evening, the last night of 2016. I adjusted my seat so that I was comfo Read More

Hillary and Donald are Secret Lovers

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Disclaimer: This blog piece is political satire and pure fiction. It could never happen in real life. I think. For those of you who have a tendency to get your fancy underwear all wound up about your candidate, here is my advice: Lighten up. This piece will offend both sides of the political spectrum. About once a month for the past six months or so, the Secret Service guarding both major party presidential candid Read More

Writing Novels While Lap Swimming and Will You Finish the Novel Before I’m Dead?

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The stimulus for this little piece came from a wonderful 87 year old long – time patient of mine who joked, “Dr. Carson, will you finish your new novel before I’m dead? I want to read it.” I’ve recently found myself in the gray doldrums of what many call writer’s block. It means I am completely unable to start a page on my next novel chapter. Rather than using the worn out phrase – Read More

Dressing up for Church

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I may have a few old fashioned ideas that stubbornly cling to my DNA, or maybe to my junk DNA, but nevertheless, they still cling. Kind of like when I still actually look straight ahead or smile or try to engage people when waiting in line for that mandatory Starbucks boost rather than staring like a hypnotized robot at a cell phone. Now to the topic at hand, finally: Dressing for Church. I previously wrote about m Read More

Knowledge

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Knowledge will not supersede truth, and truth will not supersede love. With all three, you will never fear death.   I wrote the above sentence in response to a quote I found on twitter from Robert P. Warren: “End of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can’t know.  He can’t know whether his  knowledge will save or kill him.” © SRCarson Read More

Optimist Club and Little League Baseball

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No matter how dark things may appear, this is not the end. I joined the little league when I was a boy, maybe age 9 or so and I was randomly assigned as a rookie to a team sponsored by the Optimist Club. I was lucky because it was a damn good team that had won the city championship the year before and after I joined, continued to win city championships. Despite me, of course. Surprised they didn’t kick me of Read More

A Brief Scene from My New Novel In Progress

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  Suddenly a young OR tech tripped on some suction tubing coiled on the floor and nearly knocked the corrugated ventilator tubing away from Mr. Jensen’s breathing tube. The anesthesiologist tore into her. “If you can’t be careful and do your job, then get the hell out of my OR!” Her face glazed bright crimson and she sheepishly said, “I’m sorry sir.” Turner, the anest Read More

Inspirational Quotes, Blowing Leaves And Love

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  I’m not sure why I joined twitter. Perhaps I was told I should do it to sell my books more effectively and maximize my social media presence. So I joined with good intentions but eventually learned that it is a strange world that is filled with authors trying desperately to hawk their books, no matter what it takes, sometimes throwing their products at you nonstop, hoping you will give up and buy their bo Read More