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  • Dark Places

    February 13, 2009

    • I do not fear dark places, perhaps because I grew up with them. My father was a stickler for turning off unnecessary lights to save power and to please him (and to avoid the rod) I learned to navigate stairways and hallways in the dark. This came in handy as I grew older and began to take long walks in the dark (because at night, I had the back roads and alleys all to myself). My nocturnal route ...
  • An author's job is never done

    February 4, 2009

    • I have managed to flabbergast some of my friends by refusing to do nothing since I wrote my first book. Nothing, I am told, is what one does when a job is done. What I can't seem to get across is the fact that this job is never done. Books simply do not sell themselves. I know this... I gave ten of mine a company car, a sales target, and sent them out about a fortnight ago. I've heard nothing ...