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Learning how to be a writer
As the world around me continues to spin, I find myself hanging on because I am still learning how to be a writer. Each book started, each book finished, and each book launched is a new process. There are similar nuances, of course, but the learning curve of...
Writing with Hemingway at City Park Grill
Writing with Hemingway at City Park Grill is officially completed and ready for sale. The print date is June 16th, 2015 and the launch date is July 14th, 2015. The launch party will be at City Park Grill at 4 p.m. during the $2 beer Happy Hour and will include Chris...
Killing Bill O'Reilly
We've had Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton, what if we had Killing Bill O'Reilly? Now I am in no way condoning violence, hatred or an attitude which would lead to any harm coming Mr. O'Reilly's way, but in using the title of his...
Writing with Hemingway at City Park Grill
I am pleased to announce that the pieces are coming together for a summer launch of "Writing with Hemingway at City Park Grill." The Wineguys, owners of the Grill, have graciously lent there support and are looking at dates and times with McLean & Eakin for a...
Writing about people
In the upcoming novel, The Penny, there is a wonderful rhythm in writing about people from different generations while combining them in a story that spans most of a century and into the next. The difference in this novel, for me, is how to place people and events...
Expanding Universe and the Mind…
Expanding the mind is an age-old desire we all - well, most - strive for at some point along life's continuum. The other day I placed a few status reports on the Facebook page to continue the outreach for the writing, and the status reports showed places I was writing...
About being lazy
Sitting at the writing desk trying to concoct a tight and easy read I realize I should really write about being lazy. Now lazy differs in all of us, but for me, it means I get distracted from what I should be doing and that's writing. For days and weeks in a row I...
To Be Quiet…
When I first began the journey of pen and paper in 2011, I began with a need to purge, a need to extricate pieces of me that had become tarnished, broken and unsalvageable, and a need to be quiet. In doing exactly that, I found new energy and new life, but I found a...
Happy New Year, again, and again, and again….
In Petoskey and the surrounding burgs, villages and towns, "Hell Week" is almost over, so Happy New Year, again, and again, and again to all who have enjoyed the ski hills, bars, shops, and scenery of the Little Traverse Bay region. The cacophony, replete with...
Thoughtful writing
In the midst of a magazine article, I find that thoughtful writing doesn't always come easy. So much depends on mood, daily routine, and, most of all, time. Just like anything else, a lack of time can wreak havoc on the ability to formulate and document any thought....
A new year with new books
December is upon us and in 2015 it will certainly be a new year with new books. There is an expanded collection of short stories that will be published for the summer reading season, and with any luck, the new novel should be out in time for the Holiday season next...
2014 Elections and Michigan's Elliot Larsen Act
Awaiting the 2014 elections, we watch and listen to commercial after commercial about everything but the candidate. In our area of Northern Michigan, this tactic of shallowness seems to be working. I was at a forum earlier this week where a candidate, Lee Chatfield,...