Category: Life-Writing Balance
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A Lifetime of Birthdays: Nov. 8, 2016
I’m watching in horror the U.S. election results, and its not putting a nice cherry on my birthday sundae of a day. Good things that did happen: I made further progress on the publishing of WILDERNESS RIM. (#6) I planted new plants for the homestead given to me by a neighbor (#16, #24) My son…
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Rejection Turned Writing Break
I am currently shopping When A Raven Pecks Out Your Normal to literary agents. I have been rejected 63 times already. The last rejection was the first one that provided me any feedback. Its feedback included some of what my beta readers tried to hit on but, didn’t quite. But, I’m not sure I…
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I Can’t Wear My Uniform Any More
When I left the active service in 2004, I was a svelte and very strong soldier and could easily pass an Army Physical Fitness Test. It wasn’t my best score. I had broken my neck and had a fairly significant spinal surgery in 2003. But, I could pass the APFT. The fact that I also…