1980s

3,697 Days (and Counting)

For over ten years, or 3,697 days to be exact, I’ve been work­ing on a nov­el about teens in the 1980s. The nov­el even­tu­al­ly became…

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Climbers on Mt. Everest at the base of the Hillary Step.

It Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done

Greet­ings, Dear Read­er. I’m dic­tat­ing this blog entry while walk­ing on my tread­mill, so please excuse me if I ram­ble or my “smart” phone sub­sti­tutes…

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Another Draft Bites the Dust

A month ago, I fin­ished the third draft of what I’m call­ing my “teen epic.” Between Decem­ber 2023 and the end of April 2024, I…

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The Nuclear Submarine U.S.S. Bodacious Resurfaces After Six Months of “Deep and Silent”

About five months ago, I bought a count­down clock that sits direct­ly below my com­put­er mon­i­tor, and for 157 days it’s been tick­ing down. It’s…

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