Category Archives: Writing

Items about the writing process, articles, short stories and poetry.

Flotsam

Change, according to many philosophers and creeds, is the only constant, the one thing we can absolutely count upon to happen. Sometimes the changes are good, other times they erode, irritate, anger and cause pain. We are both the changed and the … Continue reading

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Hot off the Press! Diamonds in Space.

When Amazon announced the ability for budding authors to upload their manuscripts for publication, I knew I had to try it! Here is my first short story–just $.99 for a classic space-opera mystery, free to Amazon Prime members.

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Changes

August 18, 2011, my home was shattered — quite literally — by a giant sycamore limb falling on the roof of my house. The limb, 36 inches diameter at the base, crushed the northern gable end of the roof, rolled … Continue reading

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