by Eric D. Goodman | Aug 12, 2015 | Book Excerpts, Creative Non-Fiction, Writing
Installment 5 of Eric D. Goodman’s Travel Essay Series The Worst Commute Ever My day begins with a bit of apprehension and unpleasantness. It’s the damn rental car. When I picked it up about a week earlier in the cool, rolled-down window 2 a.m. darkness, it seemed...
by Eric D. Goodman | Aug 4, 2015 | Creative Non-Fiction, Of Literary Interest, Writing
Installment 4 of Eric D. Goodman’s Travel Essay Series All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun As I drive into Santa Monica, I think of the old song from longer ago than my old set of furniture: All I Wanna Do is Have Some Fun. There’s a line in the song that talks about...
by Eric D. Goodman | Jul 14, 2015 | Book Excerpts, Creative Non-Fiction, Writing
Installment 3 of Eric D. Goodman’s Travel Essay Series Expectations II Remember what I said about expectations? I was blown away by Point Lomas. But Balboa Park, which I’ve read is one of the largest and most impressive city parks in the world, doesn’t quite...
by Eric D. Goodman | Jul 7, 2015 | Book Excerpts, Creative Non-Fiction, Writing
Installment 2 of Eric D. Goodman’s series on Booking it Along the California Coast Shade Hunter A friend and fellow writer moved from Baltimore to Coronado about ten years ago. In the first couple years after his move, he used to send an email every few days...
by Eric D. Goodman | Jun 30, 2015 | Book Excerpts, Creative Non-Fiction, Writing
By Eric D. Goodman Mulholland Coyotes I’m driving along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles at 3 o’clock in the morning. As my rented little Versa clatters higher and higher up the winding hill, the mist thickens until I can barely see three feet in front of me. The beams...
by Michelle Boring | Jun 23, 2015 | Creative Non-Fiction, Interviews, Writing
Lori Jakiela is the author of the memoirs The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press) and Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette), and the author of a poetry collection Spot the Terrorist (Turning Point), and a number of limited-edition chapbooks....
