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Trying to rework old work

Posted on July 1, 2016 by WestWordArizona

I’m figuratively dusting off some essays I wrote between the early sixties and the mid-nineties. I’m editing them to make the stories flow more smoothly; they were a bit stilted in the original versions. I confess I’m using pseudonyms to protect the, … Continue reading →

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Freebies and me

Posted on August 15, 2014 by WestWordArizona

For a very long time, I limited most of my recreational reading to books written by my favorite authors. I won’t mention who they are because there are so many of them. And all of them have been established writers … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a seventh grade plagiarist

Posted on September 7, 2013 by WestWordArizona

[Note: It’s just too hot here to write or do much of anything today, so I’m recycling. Sort of. This is a modification of a post I originally published on another site in February 2007. (Yes, the other site also … Continue reading →

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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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Why I do this

Posted on April 21, 2011 by WestWordArizona

Why yes, I do edit the tweets and comments I post on Twitter and Facebook. However, sometimes I don’t edit them enough before hitting share or enter. That’s when I delete the posts and rewrite them.   Why? Well, one … Continue reading →

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What this blog is about

Posted on March 9, 2011 by WestWordArizona

I claim two other blogs elsewhere in cyberspace. I include all sorts of topics on the first one. For example, I recently posted an entry about my fear of dismembered dummies (happened when I was a toddler). Another post recounted … Continue reading →

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