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Monday, March 31, 2008

Cutting the Cheese: Who is Luke Oliver?

I've been asked by a few of my Cutting the Cheese readers - Who is this Newbie who manages to get himself involved in the whacky meeting of the Gay and Lesbian Activists of New Birch and Sipsboro (GLAABS). He's just too different from the rest of the clowns that people the novel to be real. Well,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Three Novels Published on Amazon

Hey, hey, hey: Come visit your friendly on-line bookstore for a copy of one of three of my latest titles. Follow the yellow brock road: Bobby's Trace http://www.createspace.com/3339177 (Kindle Edition) http://www.amazon.com/Bobbys-Trace/dp/B00150Z5HC No Irish Need Apply... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Been Busy - My Kindle Book Links and New Amazon BLOG

Hi all: Been real busy getting stuff out on Amazon in Kindle format. New Novels: Cutting the Cheese No Irish Need Apply Amazon Author's BLOG for Edward C. Patterson (me) Come one. Come all. Come frequently. Edward C. Patterson Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Canton: Hotbed for Literary Ideas

Kuang-chou alias Canton, was a rude awakening. I had just left a modern glass and skyscraper metropolis lush with tropical flowers and balmy sea breeze, and now stood in a vast city that was under-construction, hazy, stinky and bustling with curiosity. We also were at the mercy of a China Travel... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Canton: Hotbed for Literary Ideas

Kuang-chou alias Canton, was a rude awakening. I had just left a modern glass and skyscraper metropolis lush with tropical flowers and balmy sea breeze, and now stood in a vast city that was under-construction, hazy, stinky and bustling with curiosity. We also were at the mercy of a China Travel... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Hong Kong Holiday

"See how the fates their gifts alot," said my mentor W. S. Gilbert and so foresaw what was about to happen to me. When I worked as a reporter, the fellow who sat opposite to me at work became a good friend. He was always prodding me forward to better things and, as fate would have it, I moved up and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 17, 2007

Calligraphy, Roses and the Pursuit of the Corporate Dream

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work I go. Over the next few years, the world of Sinology dimmed and the business world opened. I went from translater to assistant credit analyst to credit analyst to senior credit analyst to Credit Consultant to Manager of the Special Retail Service - whew - with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Old Pew

Columbia University— Old Pew, was not what I expected. I held it too much in awe. Sure there were more books in the library and the China Hands were loftier, but less gracious than I would want. They imparted their gifts like misers at a charity ball. It was impressive to study with the likes of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sinological Summers

Summer. It was the summer of my life. I never felt more alive to the world as I did then as I persued my course toward Sinology. I lived in the library; read everything there and then some. My professor, Kublin and later C. Lewis fed me with books from their private collections and then I bought,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 14, 2007

The Call of History

"Within these halls, the relics told their tales and slipped their secrets." So I wrote in The Jade Owl, a short snippet of an undulating paragraph about the tales that historic artifacts tell. And back in 1971, I first heard the coukoo sing history's sweet tales from the podium. First, as... Sign in to see full entry.

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