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Some Comments Regarding Comments
This blog doesn’t get an enormous amount of traffic, but the number of visitors does hold pretty steady, with an occasional spike in activity for certain posts. The amount of comments any one post...
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Not all sunsets, rainbows and unicorns
Sometimes I feel like people don’t understand what I’m saying. Or maybe that I’m not saying it right. Then I find an article or hear a story about someone that hits it right on the nose. These are...
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Guest Post at Kathryn’s Inbox: Birthing a Book
It looks to me like I forgot to post this excerpt from a guest post I did over at Kathryn’s Inbox in January. If this is a repeat post, I apologize. I’m only showing a bit of it here, but … Continue...
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Documentary on Homeless Teens in Chicago
The Homestretch is a documentary I first mentioned when I was still in the infant stages of writing Box of Rain. I was doubly excited about the news. First of all, and most importantly, the film calls...
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Print Books Have Arrived!
Originally posted on BOX OF RAIN: another STREET STORIES suspense novel:You can now order print books of Box of Rain from your local bookstore, online, or get a signed copy directly from me.
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Happy 81st Birthday, Mom
This is my mother. I don’t mean this was my mother, or even this is a picture of my mother when she was a girl. I mean my mother is a girl. Sure she is 81 years old today and … Continue reading →
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2015
Seems like everyone’s always using the year end to count their blessings and resolve to accomplish great things in the next 365 days. Normally I avoid that like the plague. No reason why, except maybe...
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Three Books From One
In 2012 I was living in Seattle and trying to supplement my part-time job with some freelance writing. One of the things I contracted to write was a personalizable novel for a European company called...
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Gearing Up for Book 4
If all goes well, I plan to have a new Street Stories novel finished this year. My focus will be to highlight awareness of the number of homeless youth who are members of the LGBTQ community. It is...
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Street Stories Walk the Streets
These are just done with a photo app, but wouldn’t these look great if they were for real? Filed under: Musings
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Have you ever had someone paint a picture of you that you don’t recognize? I’m talking not of portraits, but a picture in words, an opinion of who you are and what you have done that takes your breath...
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New Year, Old Work in Progress
Wow! 2019 was pretty much a bust for me. After publishing Cry Baby Cry in mid-2018 I vowed to rework one or two old manuscripts that I thought showed promise. But either I was burnt out from publishing...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Photo by Natasha Bishop https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The-rabbit-hole-natasha-bishop.jpg A recurring theme was running through my head this morning during my walk with the dog. How does a...
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The Magic Within
I’ve decided I’m far enough along in my latest manuscript that I’m going to start posting excerpts from it on my Birthing the Next Book blog. I’m really excited about this new project and enjoy...
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The More Things Change
If you are a writer, you know that sometimes the original concept of a story–the original draft even–may often vary considerably from the final product. We may have to leave behind words we spent...
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The Wizard Within: Part 1
I did it. Sort of. I finished Part I of my new book, The Wizard Within. I shouldn’t celebrate yet, I suppose, because it’s usually halfway through or thereabouts that gets tough when I’m writing. And...
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Okay, I may have jinxed myself with my last post. “The words are actually working,” I posted. And: “Wizard is not only going well, but it is still fun!” Fun is relative, I guess. And I am still very...
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Guided Spontaneity
My dog Sophie and I really enjoy our morning walks. If it was up to her and I let her do what she wanted she would walk all over the neighborhood for who knows how long and enjoy every single minute...
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Two Years Later
Yes, I have been absent from this site for a long time. This is why: Birthing the Next Book 113,000 words and two years later, The Wizard Within is finally complete. The editing and rewriting and...
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Wizard’s First 5-Star Review!
Fantastic! A unique fantasy novel where magic is a conscious force. It follows Eli Stone, a former homeless addict, as he discovers his destiny to awaken Seattle’s hidden magic with Thorne Rios. Along...
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