For all the friends and family in my life (especially Mark):

 

A Writer’s Apologia 

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Although I love you, I may not see you for hours or days or weeks, even if we live or work together.

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When writing, my inbox and voice messages pile up around me until I forget that they are there. My intention is to get to them, but in all probability, they will be lost. I appreciate your efforts to send me repeated messages. I…

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I receive dozens of emails a day. Some is spam but most is something I need to actually look at and respond to. On occasion I get emails from people who have written blogs or such about how to write this or that. For instance: I got one today about writing death scenes in a book. It is a short article but I think it brings up really good points. You can find that here:…

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Hi cats and kittens! I know, I…KNOW, it’s been forever since I have written a good post. I gotta tell you, I just haven’t been feeling it (yo). Guess I have…

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A few weeks back I was at an appointment waiting to be called next. I looked to my left & I saw a newspaper - the Wall Street Journal. As I flipped through it something caught my eye. It was an image of a man & a woman totally enthralled with one another in a blissful state. The man was reclining on a cloud made of stuff;… Continue

There's a contest for Bad Poetry going on at Chip MacGregor and here are my two entries. I ahve tons o fbad poetry to choose from, so I chose two of my favorite baddies. See what you think. Bad enough to be a winner? I guess we'll see.



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Hot Headed



Once upon a soup is our tale



The way to a man's heart without fail



Chicken, tomatillos, lime and rice



Roasted hot peppers and plenty of spice



The resulting concoction was… Continue