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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Category Archives: On Writing
What My Beard Means to Me
Several days ago, on a Sunday, I decided to grow a beard. On Monday, the company for which I have been doing blog articles called, informed me they were discontinuing the blog and, in effect, fired me. It was due … Continue reading
Balance
After reading the last chapter, “Askew”, one of my sons who doesn’t live with me wrote and said, “Why are you so down on the US? Sure it’s got problems, but I’ve built a good life here and in many … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged Henry David Thoreau, travel, United States, Walden, Writing
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Book Review: Jack London, Sailor on Horseback by Irving Stone
We writers are often lonely people. We labor away day after day, alone in our rooms at our keyboards. Often those around us don’t understand what we are going through and what drives us to persevere. How I acquired this … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir, On Writing
Tagged Irving Stone, Jack London, Jack London Sailor on Horseback, On Writing, Writing
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Job Search, or, The Hunter Lost in the Forest
Things went wrong today – so wrong that I have to write about it. This is a writer’s only recourse. Otherwise it will bubble up inside like lava in a volcano and consume me. I started the day with the … Continue reading
Paranoia Revisited
When contemplating my upcoming return to the United States after thirty-five years abroad I realized that the prospect terrified me. Analyzing a fear is one method of banishing it, so I decided to consider why my native land held such … Continue reading
Transitions
For over fifteen years I have stood fast here in Thessaloniki, raising a family and working at private language schools teaching English. The family never ends this side of the grave, though responsibilities diminish as the kids grow, but a … Continue reading
Who I Am
I am a writer. That’s what defines me. I never seriously wanted to be anything else. Oh sure, when I was young I thought of doing this and that. When very young I had a Classics Illustrated comic version of … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing
Tagged Clarion West, memoir, World Without Pain, Writing
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Adventures
I am reminded of when I stood at the freeway entrance, my thumb out, ready to hitchhike off into the unknown, at the start of my first great journey. I wrote about this experience in my memoir, “World Without Pain: … Continue reading
Book Review: Think Like a Publisher by Dean Wesley Smith
I stumbled upon Dean Wesley Smith’s blog about a year and a half ago, and it changed my life as a writer. At the time he was writing the series “Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing”, which is still available … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged Dean Wesley Smith, indie publishing, Think Like a Publisher, Writing
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