An End of the Year Post

As I sit here writing this blog entry, I am recovering from a very major surgery I had on December 5th. It was quite painful, I was in the hospital for awhile, I still am in discomfort, but I'm coming along quite well, IMO. It's supposed to take 6-8 more weeks for me to heal, …

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Catching Up

Hi! It's been a long time & much has happened since I last wrote here. I think I'm just going to do a bullet point list of some high/low points, as that would be easiest on me. My dad came through his surgery spectacularly! He did not have to have is voice box removed or …

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Sobering Times

These are sobering times for my loved ones and me these days. Tomorrow I leave Chattanooga to go to Knoxville. Early Tuesday morning, my father is undergoing a frightening and terrible surgery at UT Hospital there. I moved to Tennessee from a nice little island I was living on several years ago, primarily to be …

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Basic Tips on Magazine Submissions

Before I begin my rant, let me say that much of what is here can apply to book publisher submissions as well. Now, the first tip I want to give should be so obvious, it's not funny, but it's astonishingly ignored by many submitting work to magazines: read the damn submission guidelines. They're there for …

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