The Author Guy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve (Nov 20, 2024)

20th November 2024

Hello out there,

Welcome back. It was exactly one year and fifty-two consecutive installments ago that I began

writing and publishing a blog at the encouragement of my wonderful marketing guru out in the

high desert of Oregon – R.J. McHatton. I write the words and he works his distribution magic.

I had resisted this endeavor for several years for a couple of what I felt were very valid reasons.

First, I didn’t know if I had enough worthwhile to say to publish a weekly blog. And, to be

completely honest, that thought still nags at me from time to time. And second, like the millions

upon millions of books a reader has available for purchase on Amazon, I knew there were likely

10s of 1,000s of blogs and podcast already clogging up the virtual world and growing in number

daily.

Yet here we are, a year later and still at it each and every week. At times, my content flows

easily. At other times, I sit and stare at a blank computer screen hoping and praying for

inspiration. I never cease to marvel at columnists such as one of my favorites, Peggy Noonan,

who produce lengthy weekly offerings that are interesting, insightful and entertaining. By the

way, Ms. Noonan was speechwriter for my favorite president, Ronald Reagan, and wrote a great

biography about him entitled When Character Was King.

I would never solicit ideas for novels, or other creative writing endeavors I indulge in such as

short stories, essays or novellas, but I would certainly welcome hearing from you about subjects

you’d like me to address briefly in this blog. You can contact me at larry@larrygildersleeve.com

and I will reply quickly.

Until next week … Vaya con Dios

Larry B. Gildersleeve