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Jun.26.2012
The sky and this cloud formation washed over me. I almost didn’t take the photo. I went to unzip my bag to get my iPod Touch out to snap a photo, then I stopped. I continued admiring the sunset and the electric clouds framed by the pines and the sky. And then, there I was, I couldn’t resist and I...
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Jun.25.2012
Rain was forecasted, and lots of it. I wanted the rain but that rendered my wife bored. She wanted to get away. Let's do a trip, she suggested. Just drive a few hours and stay the night. We could do Corvallis and Eugene.
Okay, fine, we'll do that. I searched the web for someplace to stay. Do...
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Jun.25.2012
The oh so reader-friendly website fReado.com is hosting a Summer Romance Festival starting June 25 and running through July 31 in celebration of sizzling romances penned by 120+ authors from around the world. I’m thrilled to have my novels, HOODOO MONEY and MANGROVES AND MONSTERS, included as...
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Jun.21.2012
Chris Kent is the cover designer for Black Dog Press, a post he's handled since my novel So Dark the Night a few years back.
Chris's latest assignment might have been his toughest yet but he handled it with a laidback aplomb that I found admirable. He had to design the look of a collection of my...
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Jun.21.2012
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been an avid reader, immediately starting a new book once I turned the previous one’s last page. Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, The Hardy Boys, and all my comic book heroes –Thor, Hulk, Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Fantastic Four, and on and on provided a...
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Jun.20.2012
I don't think anyone quibbles about the staying power of books; rather it's what the traditional book industry will do about DIY authors and books in the electronic media.image via The AtlanticDespite challenges faced by the publishing industry and past predictions, the...
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Jun.17.2012
These are the bad things I've learned about reading.
This is a personal list, scoured from decades of reading. I want to share these observations with others. I hope it helps them. Perhaps it would have helped me to know these things but my Father, Mother and teachers never mentioned it.
Well, I'm...
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Jun.10.2012
I'll get behind nearly anything which will encourage and help people find books to read. This is an innovative method, and you can bet your bottom insect my eyes were drawn to Kafka.
Looking for some books to read this summer?
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Summer Reading Flowchart: What...
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Jun.06.2012
Ray Bradbury is gone. Wow, it's hard to conceive of the world without him.
He was the first writer I can recall loving, the first whose works I sought out. I'm feeling pretty emotional today but I've managed to cobble together a bit of an appreciation for the Master, you'll find it over at my...
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Jun.03.2012
Or is everything old, new again? Attention spans, and the willingness to read text which offers depth, seem to shorten and lessen. I sometimes think members of our culture are reverting to pre- printed word ways. Do we become more visual and aural? Then I think about FaceBook, Twitter and texting....
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