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Outlining One Book, Revising Another
The other morning while I was out watering the plants on the patio, I saw this cool looking wasp with iridescent blue wings hanging out on a coleus leaf. So, I did some online research and learned that this is… Continue reading
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Alyssa Milano Changed My Life
As many of you know I grew up in the late 1970s and 1980s, and you may find this hard to believe, but back then nobody was named Alissa (or Alyssa for that matter). I guess you could say that… Continue reading
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Help for Those in the Querying Trenches
I was recently given a copy of The Modern Guide to Querying Literary Agents by Alyssa Matesic and Patrick McDonald to review. As I am currently unagented and working through some revisions on a novel and since the only agents… Continue reading
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Who Are All These People?
The other night I went looking for a fresh notebook because there was a project that I am getting into and jotting things down on Post-It Notes just wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Yes, I know they have these… Continue reading
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Technology Keeps Inventing Things Nobody Wants
Right now the trendy thing is for authors to put out statements that they will never use AI to assist them in their writing in any way. I kind of feel such statements are worth about as much as the… Continue reading
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Cars Used to Hold More People
Watching reruns of old shows on Hulu, we’re served up lots and lots of ads for cars (not nearly as many as the ads for insurance companies or prescription medications). What cracks me up about these ads is that many… Continue reading
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Small Town Crime
Don’t worry, I have not (at least not recently) been the victim of a crime, but I did write about some of my experiences living in small towns in a guest post for the Trace Evidence Blog by Alfred Hitchcock’s… Continue reading
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Adaptations
With the news this week of Sam Neill’s passing, a lot of folks were sharing favorite clips from his movies including Jurassic Park, and I was reminded of watching the movie in the theater with my family when I was… Continue reading
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Fireworks in the Round
Fireworks are illegal in New Jersey, except on July 4th. Just kidding. They’re illegal 365 days of the year, but pyrotechnic scofflaws get something of a free pass on Independence Day. So, on The Fourth rather than dealing with the… Continue reading
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I Survived My Camping Trip!
Over the weekend I made the long* trip up to Maine to join my sister and her family for a camping trip to celebrate her birthday, and I lived to tell the tale . . . just barely. That photo… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 