In the past, I always felt as though I were somehow something of a fake. That is I’d look around at the other deaf people and think that they had a right to be part of the deaf community, whereas I was just an outsider looking in. I imagine this way of thinking is very standard with a …
I can’t speak for other writers, but when it comes to sharing anything personal I shy away from it. Now, I know that as a writer everything we write in a sense is personal, it has to be, unless it’s straight facts journalism of course. I mean creative writing in the main. You know we …
I give occasional support to a man who lives homeless in our town. This man has led a hard life and was at one time a criminal, a drug addict and an alcoholic. Whilst in prison he managed to come to his senses and today he takes no drugs or alcohol and lives an honest …
