Thomas J Ault's Blog (3)

Since the problems with writing come in all sorts of sizes and types, I decided the best way to find the answers to my problems was to take the subject of error, by the throat, and teach a classs.

I can tell you it worked. Not only did I uncover a multitude of questions I could not answer appropriately, I also retrieved a lot of answers from my students. These students aren't just "run of the mill" folks. They are ex-school teachers, who have retired; musical talent from…

I have finally finished the second book in the trilogy of my clock series, Every Hour Counts. It is called Moving West, as told by Gilbert Clock. I had to read a lot of historical events, year by year, and research the background of people that lived in the town in which both books were based.  What is important here  is not that the book has at last been published, but rather the amount of readiing (research)) that  is involved do  it…

After losing my first wife to cancer the world seemed to be an alien place. The couples we knew now longer were available, the places we used to go were now off limits for my heart, and the things we shared no longer seemed important.

One day, I decided to go back to something I used to do many years ago. Write!

Since 1999 I have written close to 400 short stories and poems, been involved with couple of small newspapers, and have published seven 3-5 year old…