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Story Alchemy: The Search for the Philosopher’s Stone of Storytelling
FOR ADVANCED AUTHORS: Story Alchemy is a companion volume to David Sheppard's Novelsmithing. Screenwriter? Novelist? Playwright? Write short stories? Story Alchemy presents a powerful new technique for establishing story structure and gaining insight into the entire creative process. If you thought Novelsmithing was good, you'll be blown away by Story Alchemy.Order now: Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Amazon UK
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Brian Williams’s Troubles
This should have been over days ago. It had to do with the personal side of Brian Williams and not the way he does his job as anchor of the evening news. He apologized. Get over it. We’re coming down … Continue reading
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Comcast Views Customer as Asshole
Interesting story on CNN about Comcast. Comcast sent out a bill to a customer, and since he cancelled his cable service because he could no longer afford it, Comcast called him “Asshole”. Comcast has apologized, but what this gives us … Continue reading
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Greece — And What They Are Up Against
I am not an economist, but I have been following Greece closely for the last 22 years, ever since I traveled about the country for 10 weeks in 1993, and I spent more time there in 2009. I do have … Continue reading
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Cowardly Democrats
It seems that the world is beginning to wake up to the economic situation. Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank (ECB) has finally decided to act, and act forcefully, by introducing quantitative (QE) to help prevent a downward spiral in … Continue reading
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NYT Post
NY Times has an article on the comments to Tom Hanks article on his experience with community colleges. I had a problem with some of the readers’ observations, so I commented again: First, their comment: “Some readers questioned the $60 … Continue reading
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New York Times Op-Ed by David Brooks
Some things really get me riled up. One of them is people writing about something they don’t know anything about. It’s even worse when they are writing for a major publication like the New York Times. David Brooks at times … Continue reading
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How to Change Your Life for the Better
Today I posted a comment to an article by Tara Parker-Pope titled “Writing Your Way to Happiness.” Here’s my comment: I graduated in the lowest quarter of my high school class, so I went off to a two year community … Continue reading
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Who Am I?
A short while ago I wrote a comment to an op-ed article written by Tom Hanks, the actor, producer, director, screenwriter. My comment went in early because the article was posted very early in the morning, and I commented just … Continue reading
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Psychologists on Overload
This is ridiculous. I think psychologists should do a study to see why psychologists do studies for decades to learn something everyone knows. I could go on. Here’s the NY Times article that set me off: Go With the Flow
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Literary Delusions Among Ukraine Revolutionaries
Interesting article in the NY Times a few days ago concerning the revolutionaries in Ukraine. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad and pathetic. These revolutionaries really are a bunch of literary delusionists. In addition to Mr. Berezin … Continue reading
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