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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Historical Fiction—Doing it Right

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I write historical fiction. I chose this genre because I enjoy the research and a historical novel can last forever. My first book was a no...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Books that drove me mad

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Kimberly Turner published a piece on Lit Reactor titled, “ 7 Horrifying Ailments Named After Literary Characters .” I believe she missed a ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Banned authors clobber the banners!

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I was unaware that my favorite library once banned a book by my favorite author. In 1885, the Concord Free Public Library banned The Advent...
Monday, November 18, 2013

11 Things Writers are Tired of Hearing

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BuzzFeed listed 10 Things Writers are tired of hearing . Add cute animations and some acerbic replies and you have an interesting article. ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

What makes a good TV series?

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Bonanza, 4th Longest Running Series What makes a good television series? You probably already guessed that I would say writing. Some mi...
Monday, November 11, 2013

How do you think Westerns have evolved in film?

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Robert Duvall is one of my favorite Western actors. (Others on my list include John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck, Gene Hackman, Sam...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Yeah, this skit has it about right.

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Many years ago, in what seems like a prior life, I wrote a nonfiction book on enterprise computing. At the time, I was a Chief Technology Of...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Publishing Trends Viewed from an Omaha Armchair

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The digital revolution continues to roil publishing, so here are a few of my recent observations. I suspect at least three of these five ar...