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The Seven Kingdoms… chapter 21…

(Author’s commentary): I must admit that the part in this chapter where Sanara, who, once again, is a 16-year-old farm girl, is talking about her new ‘toys’… which are incendiary fire balls for use in slings… and how they will … Continue reading

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So, my mom gave that murder mystery I wrote to a professor of languages, and he said he was impressed…

Yeah, that murder mystery, set in World War Two London, that one… available if you click the link in my sidebar over there to the right—–> My mom gave a copy to a friend who is an emeritus language professor … Continue reading

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A very short story… with a twist… or two…

In The Footsteps Of The Masters…   Father and son stood in the sandy dunes, watching the flaming vapor trail of the launch vehicle as it soared towards space, bellowing out its defiance to gravity. “This is a proud day, … Continue reading

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I Like You… part 2…

So… about the new book for children I am writing… I know, I haven’t actually shared the poem that makes up the text yet, but I have managed to get my actual, most favorite, comfy, size fifteen tennis shoe to look much … Continue reading

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I Like You… part 1…

So, this time, instead of painting the illustrations for my new book for kids, I thought I would take actual photographs, and then paint over them in Photoshop… So, hopefully, that explains why I showed you this picture I took … Continue reading

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My new book is now available!!!

Double Service… a quaint little murder mystery set in London in World War Two, is now available… just by clicking the link… which is a button cleverly disguised as a picture of the book… over there in my sidebar on the … Continue reading

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How many books have I self-published so far?

Six? Wait, that seems like one more than last time I checked… let me see what is going on and get back to you… HA!

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I am going to quit pretending I am ever going to be a famous writer, and start asking: “Do you want fries with that?”

I am, I have to say, crushed… filled with self-doubt… and also with an anger that I don’t know whether to aim at myself or in a more outward direction. You know the post I did the other day, the one where … Continue reading

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Here it is… the finished cover for my new novel…

I hope it works… I hope it fits on the book and everything lines up like it is supposed to… I will order the first copy soon, and in a week or two, I will let you know… and show … Continue reading

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My new book is now available… the one for kids… about the lonely little wizard… oh, yeah…

You watched me make this book. You watched as I took an old comic I drew way back in the day and turned it into a book that all children will love. I showed you the new watercolor paintings I did, … Continue reading

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