Category: About Writing…
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The cancer didn’t get me. Sobriety did.
This is a story of celebrated Oscar winners and legendary international Broadway and opera directors — my teachers and mentors. It is also a story of spiritual survival – from the bitter dregs of alcoholism and growing up gay in the 1950s. This is also a story about spiritual growth and gay sexual identity, intertwined…
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All About That Cat
Happy Baby! Gracie My beloved Russian Blue. Those yellow eyes. Her sleek gray fur that almost looks blue. Her lighter colored paws and underbelly — what a cat! We think she may be 10 years old or younger. The vet was not sure. She could be younger, he said. I first enjoyed Gracie a year…
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Art Informs Writing
On a recent afternoon, I enjoyed Mindful Monday: Cultivating Empathy and Connectedness, presented online by the Education Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The exhibition explored, with mindful meditation briefly at the start, Light, Space, Surface: Selections from LACMA’s Collection, the art of Light and Space and related works with highly polished…
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Progress, Progress
Currently, I am writing a Romantic Novel (bisexual) called THE THIRTEENTH STEP, about couples entangled in relationships in and outside 12-Step Programs. The 13th Step, you might guess, is verboten because it interferes with physical and mental sobriety. The step suggests Adam and Eve taking a bite out of that apple. You know what happened!
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At Long Last, A New Edition
“This was the climate when I first knew that I was attracted to men. It was simply unsafe to be a gay man who was ‘out’ in the world. It still is, to some degree – witness the Colorado Springs mass shooting and murder of five and wounding of 29 in a Gay bar. Couple…
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David Kearse Productions
Introducing David Kearse, author/screenwriter, and his new blog. Writing and publishing “Blessed By The Best A Memoir By David Kearse Surviving Addiction: A Spiritual Journey.” Now available on Amazon as an eBook, audiobook, paperback and hardcover. It is my intention to share what I have learned about writing and editing in my frequent blogs. As…
By David Kearse 