Mark A Silverstein

How to Be an Author: RESEARCH IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT?

October 17, 2020 / For many of us, our first writing assignment came in the form of a book report. Teachers used these reports as a way to accomplish several lessons without revealing to their unsuspecting students that they were learning a complex process. First, the report required a title. In going over the parts of the book, the teacher pointed out that the title of the book was found on the title page.

For Your Amusement: WHO GETS THE LAST LAUGH?

September 28, 2020 / DJT: All right, Mitchie, Mitch, I’ve done the heavy lifting. Gotcha another solid conservative. All you gotta do is confirm her nomination. Mitchie, Mitch: Easy for you to say. You don’t have any of those stinkin’ Democrats in the White House. DJT: You’ve got a good point there Ol’ MitchConnell. Get me re-elected and we’ll work on getting an all Republican Senate in 2022.

How to Be an Author: IT STARTS AT A YOUNG AGE?

September 22, 2020 / OK, so I’m an old geezer. If being an author starts at a young age, then why haven’t I been published many times in my nearly seven decades of life. Simple, my parents taught me that when you choose a career where there’s a high level of rejection or failure–such as being an author, or an artist of any kind–a person needs a Plan B to fall back on during difficult times.

How to Be an Author: DISCIPLINE, DEDICATION, DETERMINATION?

September 10, 2020 / Over the course of my lifetime I have found numerous ways to procrastinate. In fact, sources familiar with my ability to put aside or ignore completion of an array of activities would contend I’ve raised the implementation of procrastination to an art form.