1,000 words

1,000 Words Explained

10 essays, each exactly 1,000 words in length


“There is but one art, to omit. Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily newspaper.”

Robert Louis Stevenson


This is a work in progress. Here you will find the essays written to date. Some are fiction; others are tales from the trails of my life. Each is from the heart and written to convey the most story in the fewest words. Please enjoy and let me know if you do…or don’t.










“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”

Truman Capote