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A Halloween Trick or Treat

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SQpPlHRbY5I/AAAAAAAAAJk/BDdXnU99gE8/s1600-h/328373301_91cb731073.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SQpPlHRbY5I/AAAAAAAAAJk/BDdXnU99gE8/s200/328373301_91cb731073.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263106613561746322″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” A/spanll Hallows Eve is upon us. It’s a good day for new endeavors, which … Continue reading

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Of Difficult Characters and Conferences

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SPYM5N3CPeI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/iUGy7811_xU/s1600-h/9780446699242_388X586.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SPYM5N3CPeI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/iUGy7811_xU/s200/9780446699242_388X586.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257403792114204130″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” E/spanver read a book and just intensely dislike the main character? In fact you dislike that character so … Continue reading

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A Red Letter Day

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SCCL5G_LO-I/AAAAAAAAAF8/3NsXapCpPF4/s1600-h/1409323834_6eecee2104_m.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SCCL5G_LO-I/AAAAAAAAAF8/3NsXapCpPF4/s200/1409323834_6eecee2104_m.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197307783229946850″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” I /spanwas late on deadline with my latest feature. The editor said 2 p.m. and it was 4:45 … Continue reading

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My Kingdom for a Deadline

span style=”font-size:180%;”M/spany Wonderful Husband is brilliant. I was moping around this weekend, trying to get back into the novel, when he said (something like): “Well, you’ve been doing great with those freelance articles and their deadlines. Maybe you should enter … Continue reading

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‘Fear is the Mind Killer’

span style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” I/spant’s hokey, I know, but I love that quote from the movie version of ia href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/”Dune/i/a. It probably comes from the book, but since I haven’t read the book in years and do remember it from the … Continue reading

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Like Riding a Bicycle off a Cliff

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R5dZiXC1GvI/AAAAAAAAAFM/TFAxqRAYSs4/s1600-h/403246396_f6b946b346_m.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R5dZiXC1GvI/AAAAAAAAAFM/TFAxqRAYSs4/s200/403246396_f6b946b346_m.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158690345012501234″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” Y/spanou know how they say going back to doing something is “just like riding a bicycle?” Well, yesterday, … Continue reading

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