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A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg

Here we have an early poem by one of the premier “Beat” poets, Allen Ginsberg.  As controversial as he was, few poets captured the spirit of a generation in time the way that he did, and few created...

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Reminder: 3 and a Half Days Left – Solve Puzzle. Win Money.

In this shameless act of self-promotion, here is a reminder that you all only have until July 4th at 11 p.m. to try and solve my logic puzzle.  On Categories, click Puzzle Blog and scroll down.  The...

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Puzzle Drawing Ends Tonight at 11 p.m.

Don’t forget to play.  Submit the answer by 11 pm, and if you’re the first one with the correct submission, you win $20!!

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The Wood Pile by Robert Frost

This is one of my favorite poems of Robert Frost, simply for its visual nature and the way it puts you out into the middle of the wilderness, where you happen upon that old wood-pile, a faded sign of...

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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

This is a poem I read in high school that still speaks to me all these years later.  Though our backgrounds couldn’t be more different, Maya Angelou’s poem moves me with her message of inspiration and...

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I’m Back

Hi Everyone! I’m back among the living after a prolonged illness. Sorry for the long hiatus. Just to update everyone, I am still working on Hearth: Rebellion and am obviously behind, but it will get...

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Paranormal

In writing my In-Betweens series, which deals with the paranormal and the “Afterlife” in every sense of the word, it got me thinking:  why am I so obsessed with the supernatural?  Why are my favorite...

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Heaven is Real

Check out the link below. http://gma.yahoo.com/heaven-real-saw-scientist-says-183522717–abc-news-health.html This isn’t an endorsement of any particular religion or dogma, but it is an endorsement of...

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First Installment of Hearth: Rebellion (Book 2 of the Hearth Trilogy) Will Be...

Sorry for the delay, folks – I know a number of you (ha!) have been waiting for Book Two.  Despite delays, illnesses etc. too lengthy to go into here, I will be publishing the first installment of...

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Common Sense

I posted this in response to a fellow blogger, but I had to repost it here after the mass shooting of innocent children in Newtown (not Newton), CT at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  I have had it, not...

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Review : Inside Evil by Geoffrey Wakeling

Agatha Christie. Dorothy Sayers. Wilkie Collins. G. K. Chesterton. These are the authors which come to mind when reading Inside Evil. It is the sort of tale to curl up with in front of a warm fire, or...

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First Symbol

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Top 100 (Paid)

Just had to repost this over from Goodreads.  We writers are gluttons for punishment, I’ll tell you that.  But I’ll also tell you that the “Holy Grail” is out there and it’s a real thing.  Just...

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Hearth: Exile

Here is what my Kindle book looks like, for those who want to know.  I thought the cover should be fairly simple, portraying an abstract snowy landscape in Central Park, yet be intriguing at the same...

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Book Giveaways

Note to All Readers – I will be giving away 5 free copies of Hearth: Exile each month to the first five to solve that month’s puzzle. Puzzles will be located on my blog below. In addition, the first...

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Book Giveaway #2

Hi Again Fellow Bloggers. Another way in which I am happy to do Book Giveaways is if any of you fine folks would like to feature my book on your blog, do an interview with me, or engage in any such...

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Hearth: Exile is 99 Cents Beginning Saturday, February 2, 2013 Until February...

This is for the Kindle version and is a precursor to, and celebration of, Hearth: Exile being published and available on Kobo, iPad, Nook, Smashwords, Diesel and others beginning later next week.  I...

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It’s a Puzzler – Puzzle #1

Here’s my first puzzle as promised.  It’s challenging, but not unsolvable once you figure out how it works.  Just follow the clues in the stanzas.  Remember that the clues lead either to a specific...

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My Top 4 Books on Writing (Fiction), with Alternates

The following are those rare tomes which don’t just make one a better writer; they changes how one writes and approaches the whole process of crafting a novel.  Though they are in order of most...

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Searching for Truth Through Fantasy – Madeline L’Engle Speaks

Check out the excellent presentation by Madeline L’Engle on what it is to write Fantasy and be a Fantasy Writer.  Though this speech is from a Christian perspective, you don’t need to be a Christian to...

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