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  • Where to find my more recent articles

    I have moved my writing over to Substack. Thank you for reading! I would be delighted to see you support my work by subscribing to my Substack blog, Another View. Read more

  • I’m back…not really

    Last year I took my novel to a writers conference and had several authors, agents and editors look at it. One agent even asked me to submit my manuscript but I knew in my heart it wasn’t ready. This was confirmed by author friends of mine who have been kind enough to edit a few Read more

  • Old Guy And A Bucket Of Shrimp

    Originally posted on Morning Story and Dilbert: Vintage DilbertMay 29, 2002 It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks… Read more

  • Are you reading Writer’s Digest?

    I noticed today that I can drop $40 on two books with scarcely a thought, but I’ll spend considerable time deliberating over the purchase of a blouse for $39.99. Needless to say, my closet looks a little bare and my bookshelves are overflowing. My reading is mostly about curiosity and learning. I do read the Read more

  • When they don’t like you

    Recently I was on a blogger’s site where another blogger posted, in no uncertain terms, that he did not want this blogger to follow him. There was a lot of outrage in the following comments, but then I saw a comment that I thought was very appropriate. It went like this: Wow, (blogger). Sorry (this Read more

  • Only four stars?

    Recently I came across an organization that distributes books to readers on behalf of new authors in return for a review. I have not yet received any books for review, but today I read on the website that authors have been hurt because some of the reviewers gave them only four stars. It is a Read more

  • Please like me. Please follow me.

    Last week I took Gretchen Rubin’s  Quiz: Do You Make Other People Happy? | LinkedIn. For those of you who don’t want to go to her site, here is the quiz: Do people seem to feel comfortable confiding in you? Do people seem to drift toward you? Join a conversation that you’re having, sit down Read more

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