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Part 1—Camus and Lincoln
A couple of months ago, I was sitting in a cafe on Boulevard du Montparnasse, having a drink before dinner, rereading THE REBEL, half-hoping to be interrupted by some intellectual Parisienne, fluent in English or willing to speak French slowly.

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Been so busy this summer with grandkids, it is unreal. I have them 4 days a week night and day and then try to catch up on other things I have neglected, like hubby the three days I do not have them <: Sure miss writing and reading your posts and talking with you. But school starts back in 3 weeks and I sure will miss them.
Looks like others have been busy also! Hope it is time spent writing and getting it published.

Here is one little funny occurrence in our fun this summer about this generation speech vs my generation speech my editor thought was humorous. People stopping on the street telling me how much they "remember back when!"

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I've been writing short stories, prose and poetry for many years, but never submitted anything for publishing. I never thought I was good enough. But now I have a story that I am writing. I'm just starting chapter 8.
The words are just flowing and I the biggest compliment I could have ever asked for came last night in an email from my sister. She LOVES it so far. She cried, she laughed. And she is my hardest critic.
My question is, do you have to be a published writer to be here?

Thanks,
Debbie

Check out hubby's column. When did he become the antique? In his own words.



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New to Eons and this Group, not new to the planet. ;-)
I'm a non-fiction author and freelance journalist. At this point I'm in a niche market: pets. My most recent book, "Rover, Get Off Her Leg!" is a behavior book. This is probably a good time to mention that I'm also a certified animal behavior consultant.
I have written on a variety of topics including travel, health and celebrity profiles.
I've yet to make the leap of faith into fiction -- it seems like falling off a cliff into the abyss.
I'm looking forward to meeting new people, sharing helpful ideas, etc.
Warmly,
Darlene

When you walked into Ma’s Junk Shop on west Eighty-Ninth in Manhattan, you saw a small soda fountain with three stools to your left, and then a long glass display case filled with the hundred different kinds of penny candy they made before the War. Ma, four foot ten and grouchy stood on raised flooring that gave her the height to operate the malted milk mixers, push the handles that squirted syrup into soda glasses and to glare down at you as if you were about to smash her display case with your book-bag, grab one of her two-a-penny root beer barrels and run.

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We hear and read so much about writing each book in the same genre.
There are readers who read only books by their one and only favorite author. They wait for a new novel or a sequel to the previous book. Maybe I should stick with non-fiction travel but I have started several books, all fiction. None of them are in the same genre. I am working on: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Science Fiction and my life story.

Any advice? What are you working on?

Do you have this experience? You have a work in progress and it's going along just fine. Then a new idea presents itself. You're torn between devoting your time and attention to your work in progress, or putting that on hold and playing with the new idea for a bit.

Visit my blog and share your thoughts and experiences around having multiple story ideas swimming around in your head all at the same time.

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Linda

Baseball record books are filled with statistics on home runs, runs batted in, errors, double plays, earned run averages, etc. but there’s nothing on the intangible factors. For example, Chicago traded Eddie Stanky to the Dodgers in 1944. He played fifty-eight games at second base and the Dodgers finished seventh. In 1945, he became the regular second baseman and The Dodgers rose to third. In 1946, they finished second and in 1947, the Dodgers won the pennant.

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I just created a video trailer for my 5 star-reviewed romantic suspense BLIND CONSENT. It shares the origin of the novel, the story behind the story, and its connection to my personal life. Let me know what you think. Go to Davisstories.com and clip the link "video Trailer" below the blurb for BLIND CONSENT. I'm going to track site hits/sales for a royalty period and I'll let ya know if there was a positive affect from all the locations its been uploaded.

Michael Davis (Davisstories.com)
Author of the Year, 2008

Blind Consent, “The answers are buried in the secrets of the past.”
Forgotten Children, “Only Sara knows the truth.”
Tainted Hero, “Sometimes good people do bad things.”
Veil of Deception, “Sometimes truth cuts deeper than a lie.” 1/2010
The Treasure, “A lonely heart can impair one’s judgment.”
Rimfire, "Some things are better left unknown."
Essence, “How far would you go?” 12/2009