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Don’t know how to market this

Posted on February 1, 2013 by WestWordArizona

In December 1989, a notice in the local paper requested readers to send in their Christmas stories. The stories could be either fiction or nonfiction. I wrote a very short story and submitted it to the newspaper at the last … Continue reading →

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Honest, I never intended to torch my bedroom

Posted on October 4, 2011 by WestWordArizona

(Continued from previous post) I was disappointed when I didn’t win a slot in the newspaper’s first Columnist for a Day contest. However, the following June, The Powers That Be repeated the contest, and I thought I’d give it another … Continue reading →

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Judges not impressed by weird walk home

Posted on September 18, 2011 by WestWordArizona

One evening in June 1986, I picked up the newspaper and learned that a popular columnist, Mr. J, would be on vacation for three weeks in July. The Powers That Be invited readers to submit stories to a Columnist for … Continue reading →

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