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Confabulator Cafe
I am contributing to a writing blog with a group of writers. I will be posting on various writing topics every Monday. Be sure to stop by and check it out. There will be new, original content every day from a variety of writers. Check it out at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com There is a lot of great…
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A Fisher of Hearts
“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Matthew 4:19 My grandfather had died, quietly, in his sleep. I sat in a wooden pew, awaiting the beginning of his funeral. There was no organ, only the constant drone of the crowd. My family had arrived early. As I sat impatiently, my hands…
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A Train Ride to an Unknown Stop
“A great man is always willing to be little.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson The curse of living is not age, but the aging of those around you. One by one, the flowers of your life, those who brought you the greatest color and beauty, whither and return to the Earth. You move on, not because…
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Just In Case You Need a Reason to Write
NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month for those who don’t do acronyms, is fast upon us. This will be my first year taking part, but it appears to be an excuse for writers to spend inordinate amounts of time at their keyboards writing bad fiction as quickly as possible. The goal is to write 50,000 words…
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The Horror of 9/11
Ten years ago, the world changed. 9/11 is the most significant event of my generation. With any luck, it will be the last of it’s kind. But I doubt it. There has always been terror, and there have always been those who wield it. Some, like myself and other writers, wield terror creatively, not to…