Atticus Finch and the Rabid Raccoon
It’s a sunny morning in July and I’m washing dishes and singing along with the music from Les Misérables. The roar of the tractor-mower...
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THE AWARD-WINNING BOOK BY JOEL BROWN
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What It Feels Like to Publish a Book About Myself and Read It to Strangers
My book is about me. It’s also about my family, from my point of view. It’s about my memories as truly as I can remember them which is...
Luciano and the Lightning
I used to love thunderstorms. My mother told me thunder was the sound of angels bowling. I loved the image, but I doubted she was right....
"Birds at Sunrise," (fiction), Penman Review.
"Birds at Sunrise," (fiction), Penman Review. Click here!
REVIEW: from Kirkus:
". . .Without question, the author tackles difficult topics here—whether describing a severe, incapacitating illness or dealing with the...
"Go Go Go, Said The Bird,", Better Than Starbucks, nominated Best of the Net 2023
"Go Go Go, Said The Bird," (creative nonfiction), Better Than Starbucks, nominated for Best of the Net 2023 Betterthanstarbucks.org.
REVIEW: Mystery, and Magic.” To say I am spellbound is an understatement.
Dear Jude, A couple of days ago, I began reading your “Fever of Unknown Origin: A True Tale of Medicine, Mystery, and Magic.” To say I am...
INTERVIEW: with Louie b. Free - BrainFood from the Heartland
Judith Ford - Fever of Unknown Origin: a True Tale of Medicine, Mystery and Magic
Swimming in Lake Kegonsa
It’s summer at my grandparents’ lake cottage. I love the cottage because it’s full of things left behind by my grandparents’ parents and...
Sad Hotel
When I was nineteen, I was in a serious car accident. I’d gone with my parents on a trip to Palmer Gulch Lodge in the Black Hills, an...
WHY I Wrote this book
Why I wrote this book I wrote this book because I needed to have a story to tell myself about my illness and about the deaths of my...
Addendum to Close Call #1, Suicide
I had this dream a few days after my ineffectual suicide attempt. The dream was so strange and so impactful that I wrote about it in my...
Close Call #1, Suicide
When I was in my early forties, I went to a palm reader just for fun. She stared at the palm of my hand. “I see danger in this hand, many...
How to Write a Book about Illness
Wait until you are well enough to sit at a desk and work at a keyboard. Go to your favorite bookstore; see an ad for a writing coach....
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