Category Archives: Hard-Core Quaker

How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 3 of 3

Part 3 Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Actually, the publishing revolution started nearby, in South Carolina. A company there originally called BookSurge, and later CreateSpace, began using a machine, not much larger than a good-sized office copier, that could print and bind paperback books one at a time, quickly, automatically, at a … Continue reading How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 3 of 3 →

How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 2 of 3

Part 2 Part 1 is here My writing niche was a doubly-disadvantaged one: first, it was religous. I was raised old-time Catholic. There are lots of Catholic readers, and a fair number of writers. But I left all that, then wound up as an enthusiastic Quaker. And ex-Catholic authors who are “fallen away” — souls … Continue reading How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 2 of 3 →

How I became a successful Writer & an Independent Publisher (The short version) Part 1 of 3 Parts

In mid-1974, my third trade book [“trade” means produced by a traditional publisher], Selma 1965, came out from Charles Scribner’s Sons. Scribner’s had published Hemingway, Edith Wharton, Fitzgerald, Vonnegut, Stephen King, and lots more bigtime writers – and now, me.

Klan Rising: Are The Media (& the Law) Finally Going to Pay Attention? (And, How About Quakers?)

[NOTE: Kudos to the Post & Timothy Egan. The good news here is that when the Klan faced the Law for real, the law won. But in its bloody heyday, in the 1920s & after, it was repeatedly abetted by the connivance, corruption or cowardice of those charged with upholding it. The bad news also … Continue reading Klan Rising: Are The Media (& the Law) Finally Going to Pay Attention? (And, How About Quakers?) →

Is it “Woke” To Want to Avoid Getting Killed in War?

[NOTE: Some politicians are crusading against U. S. military programs to overcome residual racism and make space for LGBT persons in the ranks (& even a few who do drag in their out-of-uniform hours).