"The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere."  S.J. Perelman

Shhhhhh  - - - - - -  writer at work!

Welcome to Foothills Creative! AND YES, IT'S FINALLY BEEN UPDATED!!!! WELCOME TO 1894. Read my stuff and send me your comments if so inclined. If you are an editor or publisher, act now and you could take credit for discovering the next great publishing phenomenon--me! I'll be sure to mention your name when I'm on Oprah. On the other hand, publishing my ramblings could cause your publication to go belly-up, you'll lose your job in disgrace and you'll find yourself selling used cars on an empty lot and eating Spam-on-a-stick warmed over a Sterno can. I prefer to think the former. Some of my writing is award winning, some has been published here and there, and some just gathers dust in the "lonely and unloved" file.  If you're a surfer passing through, enjoy and tell your friends. Like a good dose of the flu, I'd like to spread my words around the globe. Of course, I'd like to see it all in print and an occasional check hit the mailbox too. Until then, sadly, I'll keep the day job and keep pounding the keys at all hours of the night. Humor me. It's late.

I change and add new stories and essays to the website from time to time--put me in the "favorites" folder and check back again. It makes me feel so good to be one of the favorites. You love me, you really do.

SPECIAL NOTE: Thank you hackers who stole my email from here and spammed millions with it - I've had to shut down the email for now - will get it back later. (Don't you creeps have anything better to do?)

Well, we're on the final downhill slide of the Bush administration. A young black guy and an old white guy are fighting it out to see who gets to throw their career away in trying to clean up the mess. The woman wisely backed out a while ago. I don't know about you, but the damage is so widespread, the corruption so deep, the incompetence of the past seven-plus years so overwhelming, I don’t have much hope things will ever get back to normal. Maybe there never was a “normal”, it’s hard to remember. Good luck America. And sorry, World. Word to the wise: pay attention to who you elect as your leaders. Look at what they do, not what they say. Good riddance, Bush and Cheney: May you someday pay for your crimes.

Legal Stuff: Everything on this site is written by and rights belong to Jim Driesen. If you copy and use elsewhere, this doesn't change--just give me credit where credit is due, like a byline with my name and not yours. Of course, any massive royalty checks you receive should also be sent to me. Any unauthorized theft of material will of course be punishable by being forced to read it over and over again and eventually blamed for actually creating it. Having lived with my writing and suffering the consequences of this all my life, I don't recommend this route. If you are offended by anything I've written, hey, I didn't make you read it--lighten up for God sakes! Don't call your attorney--I don't have anything to sue for. Besides, I use Ken Starr as my defense council--you don't want to go there.

I have lots of stuff I've written and I want it all published--if you can help in this department, click on my convenient e-mail link located all over the place and talk to me. My writing is not only award-winning (well, some of it, anyway), but much of it has been turned down by the finest publications in the world. Any legal notice that I don't know about or should have  included, assume it's here. Hey, if I had any smarts, I'd probably be doing something more profitable with my time.

Space--the final frontier!