Non-Fiction Writer & Novelist

"The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount of art; it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced and packaged."  -  Raymond Chandler

My desire is to not produce and package substitutes for art but to create art with depth, meaning and permanence.

 Advice for Writers

by Kurt Vonnegut

Find a subject you care about.

Do not ramble, though.

Keep it simple.

Have guts to cut.

Sound like yourself.

Say what you mean.

Pity the readers.

The complete essay is located here in HTML or PDF form.

Peter Stekel

Taking a break in Dusy Basin, Kings Canyon National Park, CA

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"It is the nature of stupid people to hide their perplexity and attack what they cannot grasp." - John Gardner