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As a new author, I think I need to purchase a hat. Below are pics of some writers wearing hats.   Joel Rosenberg             George R.R. Martin Ernest Hemingway Kurt Vonnegut Tom Wolfe Mark Twain Langston Hughes Hermann Hesse                

Seven ways to be positive in a shitty negative world. I think most people would agree the world today is a stressful and perhaps scary place. We have a pandemic, shortages of certain groceries, sky high gasoline prices, housing prices insane, massive insane conspiracy theories swirling about, Russian threatening the largest land war in Europe […]

A little frustration invaded my soul today as I attempted to photograph the colorful birds at our feeder. We have a resident raccoon, Arthur, who thinks he owns our back yard. He sticks his head in my window, eats the bird food even though he has his own food. He will chase the birds away. […]

I write better in a coffee shop. Owl and Otter Espresso Lake Placid, Florida Mudslide Coffee Punta Gorda, Florida     Serenity Coffee Shop Okeechobee, Florida Florida Farmhouse Coffee Arcadia, Fl    I do have a dedicated office in my home, desktop computer, laptops, wide screens, nice keyboards, and yes, I can make French Press coffee […]

I am experiencing something that is new to me. I have written dozens of short stories, blog posts, humor, even poetry. Finally making substantial progress on a crime novel, with over 40,000 words on paper. At about the 30,000 word point, something changed. Instead of me sitting down and thinking about the next scene in […]

My 71,000 word mystery/crime novel has been making the rounds of book agents and Indie publishers. It has been rejected by four agents and one Indie publisher. I will review it to see if after not looking at it for a couple of months things look different. Maybe I can improve it.  I may consider […]

Men have a sophisticated system when it comes to their clothing. If a man wears a shirt for just one hour, he doesn’t want to toss it in the clothes hamper. I mean, it is practically clean! One hour worn! Men apply this same highly developed system to all levels of clothing cleanliness. Women on […]

After publishing my humor book in 2022 I worked on a 71,000 word mystery/crime novel, finishing it late last year. I started sending it to agents. When that didn’t work I sent it to smaller independent legit book publishers. Not vanity presses. They are traditional publishers but not associated with one of the giant guys. […]