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Update on My Novel #37

It’s been a while since I have posted, just over three months to be exact, and as one might imagine,…

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Revising The Storm #48

Two weeks ago, I gave an update on my novel, after which I shifted to doing some work on my…

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Update on My Novel #36

Two-and-a-half weeks ago I stated that I was scaling down this blog and giving my attention to my novel and…

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"Okay, so who was that one?" she asked, half-laughing at how many times she had queried this of the well-wishers coming through their wedding reception line. "Barry. He, uh--" She…
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On Thursday I posted a story about young girls and caterpillars (they have more in common than you might think!) and it started at a home during a wedding reception.…

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