JEAN SYNODINOS

Yes, a third story has been published! "When I Was Older, I Will Grow Up" is now online with the Los Angeles Review. This small story...

Eight years ago today, I bolted up from a good night's sleep and announced to no one at all, "I need to paint." I ignored the day's...

You probably never hear of Bess Whitehead Scott, but this woman broke barriers like nobody's business. And I'm a beneficiary. Pioneering...

Warning: There's nothing humble about this brag. I am so damned proud to share that I've been named the 2021 Writers' League of Texas...

A second story has found a home. “Make a Wish” was a featured story fall 2020 issue of The Normal School. I couldn’t be more grateful to...

As a lonely writer, I looked forward to thriving as a member of an association whose members refused to associate.

Shit happens. So do birthdays. I don't know how it happened, but I turned 60. It wasn't the huge house party I threw myself at 40. It...

More potpourri from pandemic life.

It’s a helluva thing to see your first story published, a helluva thing to be paid, even modestly, for your words.  I've been told by...

What better way to map the passing of these days with random notes about pandemic living?

An acquaintance told me recently that they thought I'd "fallen off the map." Not as many gigs, or art shows, and certainly nothing on the...

If you were never among the privileged souls who spent some time with my dog and best friend Freida, please let me tell you about her...

1. The Modern Mrs. Doesn’t believe in summer– No bikinis here. 2. My weatherman is An honorable liar He promised me rain. 3. The summer...

Two years ago today we lost Prince, one of the most important artists of the last 100 years. Doves cry on this day, and so do I. Prince's...

We live in an age of specialization. Do this, or do that, but stick to one thing and learn to do it very well. It’s a message we hear as...

Written December 9, 2016 and reposted from the blog Scratch This Itch. December 9, 2016 Dear Charles, It’s been two years since we lost...

Written November 10, 2016, and reposted from the blog "Scratch This Itch." Less than 48 hours ago, Donald J. Trump became...

Written November 17, 2015 and reposted from the blog "Scratch This Itch." The first track recorded for the last album, Love & Blood, was...