death

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)    ·  Death and Dying  · Whether it's non-fiction, memoir or fiction, for me, writing about death is the ultimate mood swing. Having a dark chapter (or two) gives the reader a taste of the highs and lows of life. Without the lows, the highs aren't as high. In Cop in the Classroom, I recall a couple of on-duty deaths that just tore me up inside. I expose the reader to my pain while attempting to answer a … [Read more...] about My Darkest Chapter: Death and Dying