Category Archives: Writing

E. B. White

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Joe Clark

I had to come into my office to restart the computer when our network went down. As I was waiting for it to come back online, I looked down to my right and saw my copy of The Elements of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a “little” book, aspiring writer, Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, journalism students, reading, research, self-published pamphlets, Stuart Little, The Elements of Style, The New Yorker, the University of Florida, William Strunk Jr., writer, writing | Comments Off

My Time

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Joe Clark

This time of year is my time. There is nothing better than the early morning cool, listening to the birds, and feeling the cool damp of the morning while drinking coffee in the sunrise. When I was learning to fly … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal, Writing | Tagged a Sam Lyon’s painting, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, an escapee housecat, cats, Cessnas, early morning cool, early morning writing, early spring, flight training, Florida, flying, flying in the early morning, friends, learning to fly, listening to the birds, memories, military service, most pleasant flying memories, Navy, productive times, Reveille, rising early, sitting outside, sunrise, taildraggers, the delightful things I could see, the first cup of coffee, watching Cubs taking off, watching the fog on the lake, writers | Comments Off

Bear’s Books

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Joe Clark

As we wrapped up 2011, one of the goals I missed was completing production on the third book of The Bear’s trilogy, The Owl Hoot Trail. I wanted so much to complete the last book, Book Three, The Turning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged editors, friends, Gold in the Red Desert, publishers, TH Bear, The Owl Hoot Trail Trilogy, The Withlacoochee Renegades, writers | Comments Off

General Quarters

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Joe Clark

“General Quarters! General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations!” I don’t hear this call over the 5MC anymore, but yesterday morning felt as if I was back in the stress of GQ. It was 0530 when I woke, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Writing | Tagged 1 terabyte hard drive, all hands, backing up data, battle stations, financial records, General Quarters, Microsoft 7, mid-night Microsoft update, new hard drive, operating system, photos, queasy feelings, sailors, sales tracking, ship's loudspeakers, Stand down from General Quarters, suitable backup plans, the 5MC, the computer screen, the Internet, the stress of GQ | 4 Comments

Anniversary

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today marks the one-year anniversary since starting this blog. Gotta tell ya, it’s been a helluva a great ride! And to think it was all influenced and started by Ardis and I watching a movie about cooking (Julie & Julia). My … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Teaching, Writing | Tagged a movie about cooking, advertising, and life in general, Anniversary, Aviators and writers, bloggers, By posting less, Dave (down under), flying, guest columnists, I hope to write more, learning how to fly, my best friends' father, my writing discipline, one-year, publishing, Sanford, scale back a little, spinning propellers, suddenly gratified...and humbled, switchology, teaching flight theory and aviation history, the blogosphere, the Internet, Wordpress, writing, writing every day, Yak | 2 Comments

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Joe Clark

Another of the great writer-flyers from World War II was a Frenchman by the name of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Unlike the youthful Bert Stiles profiled yesterday, Saint-Exupéry was relatively older—especially for serving as a combat pilot. Saint-Exupéry is the author … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Reading, Writing | Tagged a silver identity bracelet, airline companies, an airmail pilot, André Prévot, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, author, combat operations, dehydration, F-5B reconnaissance aircraft, finding his place as a wordsmith, Flight to Arras, gathering intelligence, hallucinations, L'Aviateur or The Aviator, Marseille, navigator, Night flight, pioneering flights, Riou Island, the fastest flying time from Paris to Saigon, the Free French Forces, The Little Prince, Wind Sand and Stars, World War II | Comments Off

Bert Stiles

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday I wrote about the bomber bases in England, left crumbling today 66 years after the end of World War II. Mentioned in the blog, was the loss of talent resulting from the deaths of many. Specifically, I said I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Writing | Tagged 505th Fighter Squadron, a feature writer, a writer ahead of his time, B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, Bassingbourn England, Bert Stiles, captured, dogfight, Estes Park, exceptional writing, flying the B-17 into combat, Hanover Germany, Hitler’s war effort, killed in action, missing, P-28s, P-47s, P-51D, P-51s, Serenade to the Big Bird, Tar Heel, the 91st Bomb Group, The Eighth Air Force, the Royal Air Force, The Saturday Evening Post, US Army Air Corps, V-1 buzz bombs, V-2 rockets, W.W. Norton & Co., World War II, World War II bases, wounded | Comments Off

By the Mark of the Twain

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Joe Clark

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born when Haley’s Comet passed by the earth on November 30, 1835, became one of America’s most prolific, political, and funny writers of the late 1800s. He made fortunes, and lost them. He traveled extensively and wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Reading, Writing | Tagged A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, America’s most prolific, and funny writer, By the Mark of the Twain, Haley’s Comet, Horace Bixby, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Nikola Tesla, political, public libraries, riverboat pilot, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, science fiction writers, steamboat pilots, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Thomas Edison, “By the mark of the twain” | Comments Off

The Cost of Books

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday, I was tripping around the Internet, buzzing in and out of different websites looking for ideas for today’s blog. And there it was–staring out at me from the amazon.com pages–a comment about why book prices were so high. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a lifelong dream, advertising costs, formulas to determine book costs, ideas for blogs, money management, paying the bills, planning, prices keep spiraling upward, publishers, royalty payment to authors, shipping costs, The Cost of Books, why book prices are so high, “day jobs”, “just getting by” | 2 Comments

Another Grand Experiment

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Joe Clark

To quote from a couple of great songs from long ago, “Help, I need somebody!” and “I get by with a little help from my friends.” You may have noticed a couple of changes in the blog. I moved my … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a couple of changes in the blog, Another Grand Experiment, Feedburner plug-in for subscriptions, great songs, Inmotionhosting.com, more freedom, our Internet publishing presence, promote our books, sell advertising, subscribers may have to re-subscribe, thank all of you who have taken the time to read my writings, unable to monetize the site, very pleased and happy with WordPress, WordPress.com, “Subscribe by E-mail” subscription form | 1 Comment

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