Scott Lax

 

"I don't ask writers about their work habits. I really don't care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they're actually trying to find out 'Is he as crazy as I am?' I don't need that question answered." -- Philip Roth  Read More 

After a long holiday, even babies need to curl up with a little pal and relax.

“The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.”

-Pablo Casals (Spanish Cellist and Conductor, known for his virtuosic technique, skilled interpretation and consummate musicianship. 1876-1973)

Fyodor Dostoevsky said, "There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it."

To which I humbly add, "There is one subject so new that there are infinite things to be said about him."

Meaning, Finn. Here he is, discovering something new in a hanging toy that he's never noticed. Every day is a new adventure. He sees everything through the new eyes of a growing appreciation and excitement. Tough as it is, that's what writers do. You see through new eyes. You hear through new ears. You never stop learning. You go through the happiness and the pain and the good times and the bad times and you write something new, something no one's ever read before.  Read More 

I've learned that I won First Place in the Ohio Professional Writers 2011 Communications Contest, for Writing for the Web, Columns or Commentary. It was for "The Long and Winding Road to Your Ultrasound." Click to the left for the column.