8/20/2010 6:12:32 PM
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I listened to my iPod a lot today. Good music can really ease the stresses of life. It's as if the singer in the studio, perhaps even many years before, feels your own personal pains and releases his anger and emotion in the tone of
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8/20/2010 6:11:21 PM
Last weekend I took the kids to an art gallery in downtown Salt Lake City. A friend of mine was one of the featured photographers in the exhibit. We spent a couple of hours strolling through all the galleries in the building, as I drank coffee and
8/20/2010 6:09:31 PM
And now another day has flown by me at the speed of light.
There are three major moments of each day, landmarks on which I can tag everything else.
8/20/2010 6:08:19 PM
I was looking through some old files and stumbled across this rough draft of a blog entry that I wrote from Ramadi around April 2006. I never did publish it, probably because I thought then, as I do now, that it's far too much of a rant, too vague and open.
8/20/2010 6:07:20 PM
LONDON
Emergency leave
never ends well
when a mother
8/20/2010 6:05:15 PM
Two years ago today I stepped off of that airplane in Salt Lake City. No cliches about "time flying by" seem fitting at the moment. Life is too colorful, too much of a grand adventure to taint its
8/20/2010 6:04:09 PM
On Independence Day 2006 I had been home from Iraq for only a couple of weeks. Things have changed a lot. This year, I spent the 4th being appreciative of so much, surrounded by family, and watching dueling fireworks displays.
8/20/2010 5:57:35 PM
A couple of nights ago I was sitting at my desk doing some writing for a client in Iraq. Though I probably looked quite serious, a smile played across my mental mood as I wrote. I am no longer in the military, but I am lucky enough to make a living as a creative
8/20/2010 5:54:49 PM
My book, Fire in the Night: Creative Essays from an Iraq War Vet, has been reviewed for the first time.
You can read the official Military Writer's Society ofAmerica (MWSA) review here.
Also, the New York Times has contacted me again, and I am excited to be writing for them starting in October. I will post about it with links when it begins, but for now here are some links to my NYT articles over the last few years:
2005 articles
2007 articles
8/18/2010 1:25:22 PM
I was recently contacted by a writer for the Military Times. He's a really nice guy named Jon Anderson, and he interviewed me for over an hour.
The article ran in The EDGE magazine, which is an insert to the Military Times. The magazine is geared towards military personnel transitioning out into the civilian sector, and this article is focused on my journey over the last couple of years - from soldier/blogger to full-time freelance writer.
You can also check out the article online by clicking here.
My next piece on the New York Times Home Fires blog should be up soon. I'll keep you posted...
As always, thanks for reading!
8/18/2010 1:10:49 PM
I was recently on an internet radio show called the History Czar. The host, Paul Bruno, asked about my books, my writing business, and my experiences in Iraq. It was a fun interview, and I thought I'd share...
You can find the webcast by clicking here and then going to "download show" at the top of the page ...
Life and business are great, and thank you so much for visiting my blog. Four years after returning from Iraq, I still get an average of 20,000 visitors a month!
Most of my time and energy now go into running my company, Desert Sun Writing (and of course raising the kids). Please take a look at my company website. I am actively seeking new ghostwriting projects!
6/1/2010 2:19:00 PM
Well, as with most things in life, this writing career of mine did not take the shape I quite expected, but it is still evolving and I can see how my current path makes much more sense and actually fits in so much better to my long-term plan than my own lucid daydreams ever did...
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6/1/2010 2:15:24 PM
When you’re managing all tactical communications for a battalion of 600 soldiers in Iraq, in the most technologically advanced military force that man has known, and interfacing daily with Marines and other Army units, you find yourself in a dynamic work environment that requires strong time management skills
6/1/2010 2:13:59 PM
FIRE IN THE NIGHT is, like many other books, a soldier’s record of the big adventure of his life – his military service during war. The man’s very soul infuses each essay with humanity that moves even the stay at home, uninitiated reader
6/1/2010 2:12:06 PM
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Lee alerts readers about his latest essay for the New York Times.
6/1/2010 2:04:13 PM
Lee directs readers to the second review of his book .
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