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Merry Christmas Ashish~

Dear Ashish, What a beautiful Christmas card you made for us!  Thank you so much. I love getting Christmas cards.  The first ones usually arrive around December 1.  This year the first card came even...

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Rain, Rain, Rain

Rain is falling in Oregon. Everything is soggy. Now and then the sun peeks out, but very soon  clouds shroud it again and more rain pours down. With daffodils starting to bloom, and those teasing...

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Computerversary

March is my Computerversary month.  Yep, thirty years ago this month, I got my first computer.  It was a financial reach to say the least, and also a technical gamble, but I went all out and invested...

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What Shall I Write?

“Write about what you know about.” If you’re a writer, or even a want-to-be writer, chances are you’ve heard this advice.  Is it sound?  Well, yes…  And no.  Mostly yes, but… YES… Certainly, you cannot...

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Stupid Question Day

September 28 is Ask a Stupid Question Day.  Yep, really. Some say there is no such thing as a stupid question.  Well, there certainly are silly and foolish questions.  We’ve all asked them. For some...

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Metaphoric Confusion

Metaphor:  a figure of speech in that makes a comparison of two thing without using like or as. (“I fell through the trapdoor of deception.”) Simile:  a metaphor that does use like or as. (“It was as...

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Writing is Like Living~

I just read a fairly long article on how to get started as a writer. It pretty much gave the same advice I’ve seen countless times before.  You probably have too.  The article suggests: Write what...

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G is for Good-Bye Sue Grafton

Many, many people know Sue Grafton as the best-selling author of the Alphabet Mysteries.  I had the privilege of knowing her as a friend.  We both lived in Santa Barbara, and we worked together at...

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Three for my Computer, Zero for Me

Three years ago, my desktop computer’s mother board crashed, and with no concern for my under deadline book, my computer gave up the ghost.  Pure dumb luck.  What else could it be? Last year my laptop...

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“How Did You Get Started as a Writer?”

On planes and trains, in bookstores, in grocery stores.  In the USA, in Canada, in countries over seas.  On vacation, on research trips, around town.  Everywhere, it seems, I get the same question:...

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