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Texas Book Festival -- Book Signing

Sep.29.2009
Texas Book Festival -- Book Signing

We will be signing books at the Writers' League of Texas booth at the Texas Book Festival, held on the Capitol grounds October 31 - November 1. We will be at the WLT booth from 3:00-5:00 on Sunday. Come see us!

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Mickie's Latest Blogs

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Nov.27.2011 - 2:24 pm
Moonbeam Books & Cards
My love for writing has found a new outlet. For years now, I've been making unique birthday cards to give to my friends and family. It's something I love to do, and I can easily...
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Mar.13.2011 - 4:21 pm
The Fair Tax Solution
The idea presented in “The Fair Tax Solution” by Ken Hoagland is so simple, yet it could have profound positive effects on our country (and the world) if we would just implement...
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Jul.26.2010 - 10:30 am
Live With Intention
My favorite poem and best advice ever is this:  Live with intention   Walk to the edge   Listen hard   Practice wellness   Play with abandon   L A U G H   Choose with no...
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Jun.12.2010 - 11:21 am
The Final Judgment
I just finished reading Richard North Patterson's book "The Final Judgment" AKA "Caroline Masters". It was an excellent story, full of twists and turns and...
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Comments from Mickie

Mar.25.2010 - 8:17 pm
In response to: Truths Uprooted
No, I don't think so. If
No, I don't think so. If they are related, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at their family gatherings. I bet there's...
Sep.09.2009 - 6:56 am
In response to: Work is Not a Four Letter Word
Socialized Medicine
I loved your comment about "socialized" vs "socialist". Of course, you're probably right about the...
Aug.19.2009 - 4:25 pm
In response to: My Greatest Fear
Health Care Reform Alternatives
I couldn't agree more that we need health care reform, but there are better alternatives than the public option being...
Aug.18.2009 - 5:30 am
In response to: My Reading List -- The Top Twenty (or so)
Suggestions ...
Thanks for the suggestions! I read Atlas Shrugged many years ago -- not sure if I even finished it though. Maybe I will...
Aug.17.2009 - 7:10 am
In response to: My Reading List -- The Top Twenty (or so)
Yes, we're in severe drought
Yes, we're in severe drought too. It's pretty scary!

Writing

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Poem: You and Me
Poem: The American Tradition
Poem: God Blessed Us With Angels

Published Reviews

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Race for a New Game Machine
Feb.12.2009
The Race for a New Game Machine -- Creating the Chips Inside the Xbox 360 & the PlayStation 3
Published by BusinessWeek.com
The Good: The inside story of how the chip for Sony's Playstation3 video game system got created. The Bad: To advance the narrative, the authors must traverse some complex...
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About Mickie

Mickie Phipps co-authored (along with David Shippy) The Race for a New Game Machine -- Creating the Chips Inside the Xbox 360 & the PlayStation 3, published by Kensington's Citadel in Jan 09. An electrical engineer by trade, Mickie worked for IBM for...
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