Category: Writing
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Thoughts on a Departure
An author and former diplomat contemplates familiar Washington haunts, including the Kennedy Center, after his last act in service: cancelling his passport
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A Spy of the Egyptian Spies
Not your typical Peace Corps-to-Foreign Service path, this rendering of an ambassador’s tale twists amid my own fascination with the era’s social influences.
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Profile: Smooth Relationships
In their gentle manner, the townspeople had gone along with the program but didn’t own it, just another good idea that would resolve itself or fade away. The experience taught Brown Schoonover to be a successful communicator by being a listener.
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Profile: Brenda Brown Schoonover
As a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines, Brenda Brown Schoonover found people were interested in her views as an American, not as an African American.
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Chopping Wood on 9/11
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Writing about the Zen Buddhism saying “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water,” yard work, and visiting the dump.
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Profile: Parker Borg
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Sketches of distinguished American diplomats from my forthcoming book, Profiles in Service.
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Critical Mass
My latest novel has achieved critical mass. I’m no longer inventing the figments of a void, but rather connecting the last pieces of a puzzle with finite space to go astray. All creative energy is bent toward that one objective.
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Golden Nib, Blue Ribbon
This spring I submitted the story to my local Virginia Writers Club chapter, the Northern VWC. Today I learned I won the blue ribbon for my Golden Nib submission.
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Infinite Agents, Zero Answers
The finest in storytelling as a coping mechanism for what happens to us in the real-world. Join me in an audio experience that turns a chat with AI into a satire of chatting with AI.
Ben East Books 