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five years lying

  • Done but not Finished

    October 26, 2009

    •   Today, my third book is in the computer.  The trilogy: Five Years Lying, Mandie Faradin, and Hope's Herald begins in 2007 and ends in 2025.  Since 2024, no one in North America heard the devastating diagnosis, "You have cancer."  A work of fiction it is, but it doesn't have to be.   Fiction is a slippery slope.  As I've talked with agents and publishers, they have asked me to ...
  • Iranians and Turkmen

    June 20, 2009

    • Saturday, June 20, 2009.Soon the tilt and orbit of Earth will take us to the turning point of the solstice. Since antiquity, this is a time of deep sorrow in the Middle East and profound religious outpouring. If you pile on top of that, a disputed Iranian election and a struggle for Kurdish autonomy, it is almost impossible to predict what will happen. We in the West know so little about the ...