When it comes to writing, we all have our routines and special ways of doing things. Writing short stories is no different. I go about writing a novel a certain way and when it comes to writing short stories, I have a slightly different approach. The Idea Ideas are all around us, but when it […]
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This story is growing to the point where is will probably end up as a novella, if not a full blown novel. The possibilities for the direction it can take seem to be endless and very interesting. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback from many of you expressing enjoyment at reading it. I hope
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This story is proving to be a lot of fun to write. I hope you’re enjoying reading it as well. This week, things look dire for our main characters as they go up against incredible odds to try to reverse what’s happening. I’m also introducing another interesting character that will prove to be important in
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This story is proving to be a lot of fun to write. I hope you’re enjoying reading it as well. This week, things are happening. I’m excited about the direction this is taking. You can catch up with the first four parts of this story here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m getting ready to release my second collection of short stories soon. As a way to familiarize myself with Amazon’s publishing process my second work that I ever published way back in 2014 was a short story, August, 1963. It was a story that was written to commemorate the
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As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, I’m getting ready to release my second collection of stories soon. This week’s story was one that I wrote specifically to include in my first collection. It was never published as a single. It was a story that came from a trip to New Orleans for work. I’m a
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As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, I’m getting ready to release my second collection of stories soon. This week’s story was one that I wrote at the urging of a marketing person I was working with at the time. It was Christmas time and he convinced me that writing a holiday-themed short story that included
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I started writing this story in September and let it sit on the shelf until now. This second part is taking some twists and turns. Initially, I thought I would just mention this candidate in passing as a casualty of the smear campaign of the ACA, but now it’s turned into something different. It will
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This week, the music world lost another great. Glen Campbell, the talented singer and guitarist passed away at age 81. What struck me about his death was that he died without remembering who he was. Anyone who heard him play guitar or listened to him sing those great Jimmy Webb ballads recognized his talent immediately.
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I’m sorry for not posting the second installment of my story last week. I was taking a rare break and catching up with some friends I’ve known for over 40 years. What a source for some story ideas that was. Anyway, this story, No Pain, No Gain is proving to be an interesting one. It
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