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When Life Gets in the Way

My last post was weeks ago.  I could tell you about abandoning my car on the Pennsylvania turnpike because the head gaskets leaked coolant into the engine.  I could tell you about how the sucky economy has ramped up my workload at my day job (financial planning).  I could tell you that kids and house [...]

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Every Writer Should Have a Website

  If writing is the way you pay for food and keep a roof over your head, then you should have a website.  Think of your website as a virtual business card.  This “card,” however, differs in that so much more of your personality, your bio, your writing is out there for public scrutiny.   Smart [...]

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The Palin Story

No doubt a writer out there sees Alaska’s governor Sarah Palin’s story as the core of a wonderful novel.  You can’t dream up stuff better than this.  Through in some humor, some twists and voila — America’s next bestseller.  Tonight is the VP debate: Palin vs. Biden.  So novelists, join your political journalist counterparts and [...]

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