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Sunday, September 9, 2018

CHARACTER / STORY GERMINATING

One big challenge for a writer is to create a ‘real’ person of the opposite gender. Male authors have written female characters since the days when female story tellers were mostly not given a formal education. One’s knowledge of the other's daily lives is sketchy at best – the physicality is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 7, 2018

CHANGING A NAME

“Waltzing With Zombies” it seems to me is a great title for a book, even though the story has nothing to do with waltzing or zombies. But a couple names I’ve been working with won’t work, neither the character’s, nor the name of his company. I could use a little good advice here. My antagonist’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 6, 2018

PRINT, FILM & THE "IVORY TOWER"

Bea said when her husband got back she was going to quit her job and she and John would be heading for something more interesting than a boring job in a lame farmhouse on the fringe of "Poag Tech." It was the early ‘60s. She worked at the print shop and sign service with a few others, including my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

ANYONE CAN MAKE A MISTAKE

Busy lunch hour. McDonald’s newly opened revamped restaurant on the fringe of beautiful downtown Mundane. The woman decided to stop for an order of tender chicken strips. She’d have them at home with a small salad. After a 4-hour shift at The Center, she didn’t want to wait the long half hour it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

Busy day. Got there about 5 min. before 8 – used to start my shift at 9:00 – but that was then. Sara (the director) the Kitchen Angels and a couple of the ladies from the exercise class were clustered by the kitchen door. Sara had changed purses, left her keys at home. So we waited until Bob the bus... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 3, 2018

JUDGE SAYS NO HUNTING GRIZZLIES

I’m not one of those who turns into a bowl of Jell-O any time a cute puppy video pops up on my FB page. I love dogs as a general rule, but having raised and trained several of them over the years, I know the flip side of all that cute adorableness. They do not crap applesauce. So I enjoy the videos,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 2, 2018

IN THE WAKE OF AN AMERICAN HERO

There was never such a stark, obvious contrast between two opposites between statesmanship, patriotism, and civility and petty, divisive sniping than there has been this weekend in the wake of John S. McCain’s funeral. Even as Meghan McCain gave her father's eulogy, as her tears nearly over- whelmed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 1, 2018

LIQUOR SAMPLES

I was busy yesterday in the house, watching Aretha’s funeral, listening to the tributes, hearing her music. There were times when the news channel broke for bits from John McCain’s rites at the nation’s capital. All-in-all the speakers in DC didn’t come within a mile of the sincerity and eloquence... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 31, 2018

CHANGES

We talked over coffee for an hour and a half at Panera’s, this ‘n that and remember when. We talked about the way things turned out, about scoundrels and liars, about some incredibly good souls, the twists and turns, missteps and lucky breaks. Then we talked about what now. He says: The new... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

IRONIC

According to something I saw in the online news, “ironic” is the most misused word in the English language. Apparently we use it when we mean bitter or difficult, when it’s supposed to mean twisted and a bit funny. Or maybe I’m mistaken. (Wouldn’t be the first time.) Yesterday as I was fiddling... Sign in to see full entry.

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