After reading it, I understand completely. I will look forward to future installments, and that is just what you have in mind. I salute you in your efforts, skill, and to get closure. I think you have already succeeded, especially if your friends and readers (and there are plenty of them) can identi...

I read your dissertation. Keep at it! Your cry out to be able to vent openly, I believe it will make you stronger in the end, but I will not comment on because I am far from being an expert, except to say all of us have made mistakes. When you live as long as I, you will have forgotten a lot of them...

I feel exactly the same way about achieving that personal goal. On my end, I get little encouragements. Somehow, when my book is searched next to my name, book stores all over the world have included my title for sale. Some woman overseas somewhere, pinned my book as an up and coming independent aut...

I too am in a bubbling cauldron of trial and error. I personally like your approach to starting out, please stay with it. Even at my age, (over twice yours), I am learning as I go. Introverted I am not. Ignored would be more apt to why I write. On my website, I have tried to keep things light and ea...

Boy oh boy! Some of those posts are hard to top. I already know I can't top a birth of a new healthy life....BUT.... I was at St Petersburg, FL beach today. It is always fun to see people having a good time, and it was my sole reason for going. I love soaking up the vibes of happy vacationers at pla...

I wrote a reply post, and i don't think I clicked it right. It disappeared. Anyhow, I could not agree more. Jazz enhances my moods rather than detracts from it. I came home and recorded the incident about the man with the big generator on the back of his truck, something I found humorous and could t...

I will tell you what Rajeshwari...I too am just on Amazon. All that needs entering is: IN AMAZON-Trubb by John Needham. Or just in Google where it comes up three different places. If you have digital access to read, I kept the price down. I would love for you to read it and supply a review. In retur...

Hi, my name is John Needham. Long walks on the beach to me means walking all of St Petersburg beach. Not to show off, but to get this tired old body back to the way it was before 63 happened-a crash program if you will. The second reason is to surround myself with as many people of all different typ...

My story is similar to yours, though I have not posted a thank you/introduce yourself post yet. I am responding to your introduction because it piqued my interest. What is Grit Lit fiction.? I have written fiction, but struggled to place it in an exact genre. Action and adventure? Broaching dark sub...