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Down By The River On Sunday Night

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From time to time, as a mental exercise or as a torch to ignite the bonfires of creativity, I sit down with a pen…

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Sunset & Alvarado

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From time to time, as a mental exercise or as a torch to ignite the bonfires of creativity, I sit down with a pen…

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At The Scorpion Motel

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From time to time, as a mental exercise or as a torch to ignite the bonfires of creativity, I sit down with a pen…

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THE DREAM GARDEN, AND A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND

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There is one question that writers hear so often that it’s become cliché: ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ We steal them, actually; from…

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UNSOLICITED WRITING ADVICE & THE ILLUMINATED SUBJECT

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If I were to offer novel-writing advice—which I very rarely do—some of that advice would be fairly conventional, or commonsensical: read. A lot. After…

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NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS – CHAPTER ONE

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Please enjoy a sample of my new novel NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS You can find a complete copy on Amazon here ONE Late on a…

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THE TWO CHRISTMAS EVE BABIES

THE TWO CHRISTMAS EVE BABIES

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It was Christmas Eve—early afternoon, at least, on the day before Christmas. Morton Memorial Hospital was busy, but the staff was in a collectively…

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THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, AND THE NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, AND THE NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

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Recently a photograph slipped from the dusty dust jacket of a book that I hadn’t opened in years. It was a sepia-toned shot of…

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PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE AND THE PWP 3850

PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE AND THE PWP 3850

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It’s always nice to rediscover an old friend, human or otherwise. One of my best non-human friends back in the largely forgettable decade of…

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BLUE ROUTE Author Ed McGinnis Publishes Third Novel

BLUE ROUTE Author Ed McGinnis Publishes Third Novel

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With all of the emphasis on social media these days many writers, musicians and artists—as well as many small businesses and nonprofit organizations—lose sight…

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