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Five years since … I met my best friend for the first time – Feb. 9, 2010
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This is a post I wrote in Feb. 2010. I’m reposting it now, because I’ve noticed that, after “pizza ovens,” “meeting my best friend for the first time” is still the second-most popular phrase entered as a subject into search engines that brings readers to my blog. Curious,…
WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction …
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Here’s an announcement from today’s Reading Recommendation-featured author, B. Lynn Goodwin, that should be of interest to all authors out there! WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction running 750 words or less. Enlighten, dazzle, and delight us. Finalists receive responses from all judges. First prize is…
Speaking of Chikungunya …
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It will soon be 7 months since I contracted the virus, Chikungunya, shortly after returning to Bequia last summer. I should add that it’s been a veeerrryyyyy looonnngggg 7 months at that! This was the worst I’ve ever felt in my life – even worse than when we…
What’s on my shelves …
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I’ve been picking away at that rather odious job of cleaning the bookshelves and reshelving all my books, making sure they’re in order, because that’s the kind of reader I am … This is probably also a holdover from my days as a bookseller. Anyway, it’s a job…
Why I may not follow you on Twitter …
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… or friend you on Facebook, or like your page, or connect with you on LinkedIn, or add you to my circles on Google+, or subscribe to your blog, or invite you to promote yourself and your book on my blog, Reading Recommendations: I recently added the following…
There are no Write-By-Numbers kits … a reminder
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I originally wrote this blog post in May, 2014, and I think it’s time to repost as a reminder to many authors who read it previously or as a revelation for those who haven’t read it yet. There are no Write-By-Numbers kits …
The reason I write and publish …
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It’s never been about the money (because, as I have said before, you’re more likely to win the Irish Sweepstakes than make much money at all in this publishing game), and it’s not about the fame (similar reason as for the money part). It’s because I believe I…
Happy New Year from Bequia!
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Happy New Year to Everyone from Dennis, Me, and the cats (of course!), and here’s hoping 2015 will be a good year for all of us! Thanks to those who have read my books, reviewed them, interviewed me or hosted me on their blogs, all the Authors I…
Happy Birthday to The Story Reading Ape!
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When I discovered it was Chris Graham’s (aka Chris The Story Reading Ape) Birthday today, a simple greeting from me on Facebook just wouldn’t suffice! I knew I had to make my wishes that much more special, because this isn’t any ordinary Ape, you know! Chris has been…
Best Bloggers Blogging … according to me!
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I’ve already given you a wrap-up of the best books I read in 2014. As well as being a reader and an author, I’m also a blogger who promotes other authors and doles out advice and information on all manner interesting areas, to me and my readers. Throughout…
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