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New Novel, First Draft

September 18, 2023
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Mid September swim in Adirondacks

It’s been a while. It wasn’t my intention to have such a long gap between posts, sorry about that. We have been dealing with some health issues here at Chateau Mullane and it’s been taking up a lot of time and, more specifically, energy. Nothing has really been resolved yet, but it’s time to forge on ahead and stop just treading water. Speaking of which, yesterday I enjoyed my weekly kayaking with the old guys and afterward, as we usually do, took a dip in Lake Placid. For mid-September the water temperature isn’t too bad. Your breath leaves your…

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Stuck

April 16, 2023
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toy plush shark isolated on white background

It’s not often I get stuck on what to write. I sometimes get stuck on how to write it well, but the actual what isn’t usually a problem. However, as you may have guessed, it’s a problem at the moment. But there may be a couple valid reasons for this. I just had eye surgery. Nothing major, just cataract surgery in both eyes. Yup, that procedure old people often have done so they don’t end up driving off the road at night. I guess I am now officially part of that group. As I’ve stated on several occasions, I…

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Ideas

February 2, 2023
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Where do you get your ideas? Over the years I have seen or read quite a few author interviews and this question always pops up in one form or another. I have a vision of the author rolling his or her eyes, gritting their teeth, trying to be as pleasant as possible while answering a question they are patently sick to death of. So, it may seem strange that after my first novel was published and I was actually asked that question myself, I was totally unprepared as to how to address it. The truthful answer to the question…

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