Writing

What Would the World Miss Without Your Story?

Dikkon Eberhart One man could sail around the world and not hold a single reader with his memoir. E.B. White could describe a row across...

Who Are Those guys?

Dikkon Eberhart Sometimes people wonder to me where a writer's stories come from. Stories are everywhere. There’s no end of them. I...

The Backwards Easter Egg Hunt

Dikkon Eberhart Molly is excited about Easter! She gets to go to Aunt Jenny’s house and search for plastic Easter eggs hidden in the...

Once Upon a Time

A child went into the forest and became lost. It seemed to him that he had been lost for days. The child tried to follow what appeared...

Thank You for Your Suggestions!

Last week I asked for recommendations of good memoirs for me to read…since I’m writing another one which I desire to be good. Who knows...

Your Reading Suggestions, Please

I write memoirs in order to bring religious seekers closer to God and to gratify believers who wish to be re-enthused. Most readers of my...

Five Things I Learned About Writing from My Poet Dad

Dikkon Eberhart [A cousin who is a poet and novelist requested a short writerly reminiscence of life with my father. It was to be...

So You Want to Write a Book

Dikkon Eberhart [Sometimes I am approached by those who want to write a book. Often their excitement is delightful. When it is their...

Peace Like a River

Dikkon Eberhart Some readers may remember Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” It is a long poem from 1798, an...

Deep Home

Dikkon Eberhart “I left the light on for you. Thank you for coming. There’s new coffee, still hot. Welcome to our home.” I brought him...

Backwards to the Golden Time

Dikkon Eberhart Memoir writing is dreaming backwards. Eleven years ago, my father became one hundred years old. When Dad turned one...