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Tea Clipper Novel Status: Queries Aweigh!
Well, I’ve done it. The deed is done. I’ve crossed the Rubicon. The die is cast. Qué será será. Like a good neighbor State Farm is there. I’ve sent out […]
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Tea Clipper Novel Status: The Writing Group
I have been working on a novel about the great tea clipper races since 2008. It has been a long voyage. Lots of rewrites and editing. It seems, perhaps, finally, […]
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The Return
Well. Well. Well. Look who’s decided to post again. It has been several… years? Eight, in fact? Good lord. This site has been gathering internet dust since 2017?!? *taps pressure […]
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Some Final Thoughts on 2014
This year is about to come to an end. Just a few hours left and it will gasp its final breath. We will count down the seconds, watch a glowing ball […]
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A Dispatch to the Future: Horses, Robots, & The End of the World
What I am writing in this post has already become irrelevant. Writers have an uneasy relationship with time. They often aren’t appreciated until they cross their arms and lay down in […]
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Then, Who Won the Space Race?
My last post on why “America Did Not Win The Space Race” ruffled some feathers on Reddit and Twitter. So before I go further let me put a few things […]
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Why Everyone Still Loves Hitler
For someone we claim dislike so much we seem to reference him all the time. In political discussions especially. There is no better way to score cheap points with your base […]
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2015 Edition
At the beginning of last year I wrote a post about how it seems like everyone has an inexplicably strong set of feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. Not much has […]
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2014
If you own or operate a blog in the English-speaking world it’s required by law of all Current & Former Members of the British Empire that you compose a post […]
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Sushi & the Craft of Writing
I recently watched the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” It’s a great film (available on Netflix). Beautifully shot, well-constructed, nicely edited. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves sushi, […]
