Category: Newsletter
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Cool Your Jets (v2.0)
Anybody lucky enough to be in my aunt’s sphere of influence has no doubt experienced one or more of her spontaneous deliveries of the title of this piece. Her rebuke always contains those same three words, but the impact can range from the mild end of the scale to the ultimate freeze in your damn…
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Deep Dive
If somebody asks what I like most about writing, I’ll reply in a heartbeat, “Oh, ____, for sure” (as in, the current phase). That’s because I’m incapable of pinpointing why I willingly work on writing for the lion’s share of my scarce free time and more of my coveted sleep time than I care to…
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My Level Best
Given the maelstrom swirling around us here of late, I started questioning my resolve to post about my own publishing journey during the next few months. Yesterday the thought of even mentioning how the last polishing phase of my newest novel is going suddenly seemed trite and self-indulgent. Fortunately before dawn this morning, I found…
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And Then Along Came Substack
Update: A month or so ago, I decided to add Substack to my social media plate. Just finished setting everything up & published my first post. I’m including a copy of it below, along with the link info if you happen to be a current user on that platform or are interested in joining. I’ll…
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Spinning Plates, Revisited
About a year & a half ago, I started one of my published posts with the following: I remember as a kid watching a juggler balance more spinning plates on sticks & his body than I ever thought possible. While most everyone else in the crowd was fixated on another, more risqué, street festival act,…
