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The Perfect Spot (Book Part 7)

Previous My attention wanes as Jim’s voice fades into the background, but suddenly, he’s in motion. With a swift, almost unexpected grab, he snatches the fishing pole, its tip swaying in the air, and hands it over to me. “Here, go for it,” he says, his voice filled with frantic energy. I accept it, aContinue reading “The Perfect Spot (Book Part 7)”

What’s In A Name

I’m impressed. Inputting a few directives into the AI program everyone’s talking about spat out seven ideas for the name of my book. I pick three. I’m still in the editing process of my book. After taking the reader on a roller coaster ride in the first two pages it slows and provides space forContinue reading “What’s In A Name”

I Am The Walrus

Do you know about the unreliable narrator? IT MESSED WITH MY MIND when I first learned about it; in my eyes, it was outright wrong for a writer to be intentionally deceitful. I naively expected writers to be the most honest reporters ever. So when I started a book myself I expected to remember, verbatim,Continue reading “I Am The Walrus”

An Opening

Are there things that act like a weighted straightjacket in your mind – things that get put off – and remind you of your stuckness and failures? I do, and one of them is writing in my book. I stopped writing in it about a month ago, and since that time, thinking about doing soContinue reading “An Opening”