Whats more difficult: overcoming writers block or curing the shanks?
I don’t believe in writer’s block. In journalism, that translates to “unemployment block.” You can’t be a journalist and have writer’s block. You have deadlines; you write. It’s just what you do. [On the other hand], there has been very little in my life more terrifying than the shanks. Once it gets imbedded in your head, you just can’t figure out what to do. And everybody has a different cure. You read different books and the golf magazines. My friends won’t even let me say the word around them. I use sign language or just say, “The S-word.” It’s so infectious and so diabolical. I have not figured it out. Name three of your fictional characters you’d like to have in your foursome and why? Well, I’m sure I would like to have Skink [an ex-governor who lives in a swamp and dines on road kill] just because of sheer entertainment value and just to watch any dining opportunities that might come along. Skip Riley from “Tourist Season” is someone I would like to have because he’s a kindred so
