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Mar.02.2013
Over the next several weeks, I have the pleasure and privilege of being the launch blog for a few talented authors on their latest blog tours. To kick things off, here is my friend from across the sea: Kate Tenbeth.
ON WRITING UNLUCKY DIP I wrote the first draft of Unlucky Dip over...
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Feb.10.2013
The kid is on FIRE!
I have a guest poetry slot over at http://sunshinefactor.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/a-poem-from-guest-poet/
…and a promo up on a very cool UK indie press site.http://www.theindiepedant.com/?p=11000. They will be interviewing me next month. I think I need to pay a visit...
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Feb.10.2013
The kid is on FIRE!
I have a guest poetry slot over at http://sunshinefactor.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/a-poem-from-guest-poet/
…and a promo up on a very cool UK indie press site.http://www.theindiepedant.com/?p=11000. They will be interviewing me next month. I think I need to pay a visit...
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Nov.05.2012
Orna Raz 11/5/03
Masculinity As Homophobia – Response
Michael Kimmel offers a cultural/ sociological approach to masculinity: “Manhood is neither static nor timeless; it is historical” (224). In his search to explore “hegemonic masculinity and alternate masculinities” of American manhood,...
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Oct.21.2012
A few minutes ago I was chatting on the phone with my best friend welcoming him home from his latest trip to the UK. Edinburgh is all torn up. York is attempting to rise above this year’s high tides and pelting rains. Railroad tracks everywhere are torn up. Parts of London...
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Sep.17.2012
I'm delighted to announce that I have signed a contract with my publisher Severn House for the next in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels set on the South Coast of England.
Undercurrent is the ninth crime novel to feature the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton and is set...
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May.19.2012
The salient point here, in my ever humble opinion, is that kids in the UK are still reading books. I like books to be *real* (you know - solid entities which stand alone and are constructed of paper products) BUT - I much rather that children are still reading them. No matter the source....
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May.16.2012
If you cannot get your daily bread, is joining a convent the answer? What about the call of god as a spiritual experience?
The recession seems to have hit the women hard in UK and reports say they are choosing to become nuns. Although the figures aren’t alarming, the reason for the choice...
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Apr.27.2012
The police officers involved in the Mark Duggan shooting have refused to be interviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission about the incident. The shooting of Mr. Duggan is widely believed to be one of the causes of last year's rioting across the UK. Click here to read...
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Apr.18.2012
I learned two techie things this week. Both by unhappy accident you might say.
First techie thing I learned: I ordered the DVD of a British sitcom called Miranda. It airs on KERA (DFW public TV) Sunday nights at 10:30. Writer and star Miranda Hart is nothing short of brilliant and, more...
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