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November 17, 2009
- The North Korean capture and Clinton-assisted release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee brought a compelling human element into a conflict that many Americans know little about. I’m a Korean-American novelist who also paid scant attention to the North Korean regime until Ling and Lee’s 140-day arrest brought the cloistered dictatorship to national consciousness once again. After the two ...
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November 11, 2009
- As a Veteran of U.S. Army Intelligence, I feel compelled to dedicate my last post (the end of chapter 16 in the NaNo Wrimo) to all veterans wherever they may be. Please keep in mind also, that should this book be published, the entire story is dedicated to our Current Active Military where ever they may be stationed. I thank you, and I salute you! Drive on, and keep your powder dry!
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October 28, 2009
- This is a Halloween story that originally appeared in moonShine Review. It was also reprinted in the Chapel Hill News. Web Invasion Webs first took up residence inside the yard, coating bushes and grass in an autumnal veil. The spiders weren’t visible in daylight. They worked at night. Small ones and large ones, black and tan ones. Busy as hyperactive knitters on a mission. ...
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October 21, 2009
- I've been thinking a lot about how writers see the world. Recently on Facebook, a writer I really, really admire (the extraordinary Rhian Ellis, who wrote After Life, which I've written about here before) was telling me how she had been arrested for protesting some white supremacists in her neighborhood. I instantly peppered her with questions. What did it feel like to be in a cop car? Did she ...
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October 21, 2009
- I've never tried it before, but the idea of tackling a story in the world of science fiction is now becoming more than an idea. I found a place yesterday that is looking for short stories and if they accept the one I'm writing, will sell it as an ebook on Amazon. So I began writing a story that is so much different in reference to my normal action adventure world, but I think it's going ...
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October 17, 2009
- Diary Cows by Ronald Koertge Got up early, waited for the farmer He hooked us all to the machines as usual. Typical trip to the pasture, typical day grazing and ruminating. About 5:00 back to the machines. What relief! Listened to the radio during dinner. Lights out at 7:00. More tomorrow. (many many thanks and deep bows to Ron Koertge for letting me use this.) ...
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October 2, 2009
- From as far back as I can remember I have been told from my parents, leaders, teachers, and instructors that "there is a right way and wrong way to go about things." After a time, I taught myself that it is better to let them believe they are right, than to argue the point. And so, I lie (or is that considered fibbing?) so that people are satisfied that the end result I have ...
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September 23, 2009
- "My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see. That--and no more, and it is everything." --Joseph Conrad
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September 15, 2009
- Lately I’ve found myself with some serious writing burnout. I think it’s partly that our gorgeous, summery Seattle weather has not been conducive to writing. But it’s also that I’ve been cranking away at the keyboard on the same project for quite some time. And while this is a great way to get a draft down, it’s not always the most inspiring way to work – for me, anyway.So I decided a ...
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September 15, 2009
- "Let's say you believe in the highest principles of art, and that you want your story to express some lofty idea--or even ideal. This is all well and good. You don't have to sacrifice high principles to be a good writer. You do, however, have to get off your high horse and walk the ground."Remember that a soapbox is not a narrative. A ramble through the woods is."You want ...
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