Erik Schuckers lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Create a free website or blog at WordPress. An Open Door is an Open Door. The Writing Life, Writing Prompts, Essays on the Ordinary.

Women You Need to Know. Questlove musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative life.

And single tickets are now on sale. Get them while you still can! The Literary Arts Series. Is poised to host some of the most powerful conversations of the year, with Elizabeth Gilbert, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Anthony Doerr, and more. With MacArthur Genius grantee Alison Bechdel.

David Swatling Writing from Queerious Amsterdam and Elsewhere. Writing from Queerious Amsterdam and Elsewhere. Remember that writing is translation and the opus to be translated is yourself. The Oxford Dictionary includes three definitions of the word translation. Each strikes a chord in my life. 8220;The process of translating words or text from one language into another. Living nearly 30 years in a foreign land requires a fair amount of translation, not only linguistically.

A story of the truth. By And Then There Was One. I had a goal when I started typing. Cinderella Mantras and Kickstarter Focused.

Turn the Page, Watch the Screen. They tell me to wait,. And wait is all I do. Have patience, your time will come,. Hoping for my moment,. You never had to wait. You all got what you wanted,. I always compare myself,. This is the last act.

A place for aimless thoughts to land. Why is it that the past. Sometimes I want to feel sad. I want some sort of jolt. To wake me up from this limbo. Instead of dry, dull eyes. I want a tight throat. Instead of stale, even breaths. I want a burning to shake me up from this awful stillness.