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i must use a different library…

Posted in Books, writing, tagged on December 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

So 2009 is coming to a close and many folk get literal in demanding that we are also coming to the end of the first decade of the 21st century…which is numerically correct.  So we will begin to see not only “Best of..” lists for 2009 but “Best of..” lists for the decade.  Prepare thyself.
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random minutia

Posted in government, health care, holiday, politics, writing, tagged , on November 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Just a lot of scattered things going on…
First, I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year.  I haven’t done it since 2005; the results of that effort is the novel that is oh so close to being shopped around.  We’ll see if I can make it this year…a lot of other shit going on that wasn’t before,  time will [...]

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wsotb…next installment

Posted in writing, tagged on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

previously 1
previously 2
previously 3
By two P.M. the stench was palpable.  Downtown became the victim of the reek from the polluted river broiling in it’s own toxins, the odor slithering up the banks and coating everything in a one mile radius.  Cochran left his raincoat and suit jacket in the Mercury, cracking the windows to keep [...]

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WSOTB…part tre

Posted in writing, tagged on March 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »

He grudgingly released Cochran, who saw the dark blue vein throbbing that gorilla’s temple.
“That will be all Terrence,” the man said, the dismissal clear. “Please,” he said to Cochran with a motion guiding Cochran through a pair of carved dark oak doors. The man matched the soft spoken voice; thin, slightly stooped with gray hair [...]

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WSOTB…continued

Posted in writing, tagged on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“Hey, that’s clever. Did you think that up all by yourself or did you memorize that from the movies?”

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the wrong side of the bridge

Posted in writing, tagged on February 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »

The thick, black and chrome knife handle embedded solidly against her throat saw to that. Then he realized the dress was not red at all. At least, not originally.

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Disturbing Meat

Posted in blogging, comedy, food, mood, politics, work, writing, tagged , , on September 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »

My, my it’s been quiet around here…mostly due to the fact that I’ve been in a
which unfortunately seems to be a recurring thing over the past few months.  I can’t imagine why.  Things are going so swimmingly and we’re about to turn the reins of the country to a pair of erstwhile phonies up to [...]

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Enough is Enough

Posted in blogging, writing, tagged , , on August 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »

OK.  It’s been a month.  Enough of this.  Time to start ranting again.   All the things I thought of to write over the past four weeks….now I can’t think of one of them….
So…to summarize….
The book:  in it’s fourth draft.  I did some research on agents and thanx to theletest issue of Writer’s Digest, I’ve discovered [...]

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2nd Draft – Finito!

Posted in Books, writing, tagged , on May 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Yep. Killin’ trees but wanted to print the whole thing out anyway. It’s kewl to see it on paper instead of on-screen.
Next step: find some readers to really go over it an critique the hell out of it (any volunteers?) while I start word-smithing a third draft. At least now it [...]

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Not There

Posted in mood, self esteem, writing, tagged , , on April 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »

It’s just one of those days. I’m just not there. I’m feeling old…and sad, trying to grasp a point to things. I need some of KFarmer’s mojo. I can’t even pinpoint one specific thing…just a lot of little things that I’m giving too much credence. I had to drop not [...]

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