I have ever done, it is the most difficult. Besides that, I like being onstage with an audience. I would like to keep that happening as long as I could.
You've been one of my favourite writers for a long time; not only because of content but also the pieces carry an emotional weight that makes the topics resonate to a greater degree with the reader. Does that occur organically or is this something you consciously implement as you write?
HR: I’m not really a writer, so if anything happens that stuck with you as a reader, that’s where my guts took the writing. I have tried to write so much, as often as I can, to where I could put the real and immediate to the page before my ego and fear could get in the way. The biggest challenge for me has been to not let the words get in the way of what I wanted to say, that’s why I have never tried to be “a writer” as much as I have just hit it as hard as I could.
Based on past involvement with causes such as the West Memphis Three, are you currently involved with any causes you'd like to mention in detail here?
HR: I have been working when I can, on behalf of Dropinthebucket.org. I do what I can when I can. I have a lot of work I am involved and it takes a lot of my time to try to keep things on track. That’s most of my day, keeping things on track.
I read your last Dispatch and wondered what, if any was the response from readers?
HR: Mostly positive. Some women were very angry that I dared to have an opinion and that as a male, I was not allowed to have one.
What books are you currently reading in your spare time?
HR: I am a fair way into The Skies Belong To Us about airplane hijacking. I am reading Jeremy Scahill’s new book Dirty Wars with great interest. I think
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