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Use of The Dream in Fiction

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

It’s difficult to skillfully incorporate a character’s dreams into a work. Or maybe I should say that it’s easy to do it badly. As I reader, I cringe when a dream sequence is blatant foreshadowing. It doesn’t make it better … Continue reading →

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Raising an Idea from Infancy

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Turning an idea into a book is quite a process. I’ve had plenty of ideas that can’t make the cut. Some are ill-formed, others merely incomplete. I don’t actually make any claims that I’m a font of good ideas. Three … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: (As yet un-named) Sequel

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

With The Sunshine Line almost ready to be published and Help Wanted at a brief stall (just for a few days) I decided to start working on the (as yet un-named) sequel to The Sunshine Line. There are still plenty of rough … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale; click on the link to the right (from the blog)! Chemo ‘How I’m doing’ update November 9, 2008. This time last cycle I was curled around a bowl, sobbing and puking and … Continue reading →

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The Birth of an Idea: The Sunshine Line

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

One day in the summer of ’09 I had a dream. When I woke, all I could remember was a scene. Someone is in a perfectly normal kitchen and fairies start spilling out from the cupboards and such. The image … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale on Amazon (click the link to the right) or can be read in its entirety for free as a PDF. 90% of my royalties will be donated to the Young Survival Coalition.   … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Introspective Interlude January 3, 2009 One of the girls in my chemo group asked today: “Does anyone get down like that? Sometimes I get so MAD at myself. I seriously can NOT believe I have/had fucking cancer. What the f?????? … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now published. You can go to the Silver Linings page to learn more or click the link to your right to buy the book.  (From Feb. 21, 2009) Rather to my surprise, the port removal surgery went … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now published. You can go to the Silver Linings page to learn more or click the link to your right to buy the book.  Excerpt: Post-Surgery ‘How I’m doing’ update September 14, 2008. Missed a pain … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Help Wanted

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

They got to the substance abuse clinic just before 9:00 AM. Amy explained to the receptionist why they were there, and they sat down in the lobby. After about 15 minutes, the receptionist called out, “I’m sorry, could you come … Continue reading →

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