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Art of Writing

January 16, 2018 · by · in Playing with words, Random Thoughts · Leave a comment

Originally published December 28, 2017 on Quora Recently, I was contacted by an engineer in Bangalore, India who’d been reading my responses on Quora. He was impressed with my writing style. I was deeply flattered because my writing seems sophomoric, lacking depth. I cringe when I read The New Yorker, lamenting, “Why can’t I write […]

Writing Isn’t a Puzzle

November 9, 2014 · by · in Playing with words · Leave a comment

(This articles was originally published on Quora) Reading my title, you may have jumped to the conclusion I’m going to share the secrets to crafting engaging, beautifully constructed prose. The puzzle of great writing solved! Alas, my title is a double entendre. The challenge of writing isn’t like a puzzle, where the pieces neatly fit […]

Why Scribbles?

September 6, 2011 · by · in Random Thoughts · 1 Comment

Since I scribbled my first words using a crayon, my grandmother Rose, aspired to turn me into a writer. Born in Russia, she migrated to America in the 1930’s along with her five sisters. Even though she knew not English before setting eyes on the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, she studied hard and […]