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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
Tag Archives: memoir
The Rules for Alternative Realities
I have been giving a lot of thought lately to mistakes I might have made in the past. Let’s not say mistakes; let’s rather say that if I had to make certain choices over again that I made long decades … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged alternative realities, memoir, travel, Writing
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Self-Evaluation
I have reached a sort of limbo in my writing career. It has happened before; in fact, it used to happen every school term in Greece, especially around exam time. No matter what resolve I might muster up, no matter … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing
Tagged memoir, self-publishing, Writing, writing career, writing fulltime, writing income
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Book Review: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer; Part Two: The Frog in the Pot
Coming to the end of a great book is an exhilarating experience tempered only by the fact that the ride is over. This book, though it is a work of nonfiction, concludes like a novel, with a buildup in a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir
Tagged book review, Elysium, George Packer, memoir, Occupy Wall Street, Silicon Valley, The Unwinding
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Book Review: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer; Part One: My New Year’s Resolutions
You might be wondering what this book and my new year’s resolutions have in common. Never fear, all will be made clear in due time. I am a little more than halfway through the book, and it is one of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir
Tagged America, Americans, economy, George Packer, memoir, The Unwinding, Writing
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The Cold
The main life event I am experiencing right now is the excruciating cold here in Yakima, Washington. As I write this at the desk in my bedroom, the window is frozen shut and icicles hang along the inside of the … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Travel
Tagged cold weather, hitchhiking, India, memoir, Nepal, Rivisondoli, Seattle, travel, Yakima
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Walters Walk, or, What It’s Like to Self-Publish
Long ago, even before we had the beach house which is also long gone, our family spent our summer vacations for a few years at Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s a beautiful place surrounded by evergreen forest at … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing
Tagged author/publisher, Henry David Thoreau, independent publishing, Lake Crescent, memoir, self-publishing, Walden, Writing
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A Tale of Three Jackets
In order to help you understand this completely I need to tell you an anecdote about my father. He had a great sense of humor back in the days when most of us lived together under one roof, before we … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged adventure, Jack London, leather jacket, memoir, Navy flight jacket, traveling, Writing
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Where You’re Meant to Be
No sooner had I begun to get used to Yakima than I was jerked away. But already I am getting ahead of my story. It begins… No, there is no beginning; it only continues… We take up our story in … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Travel
Tagged Henry David Thoreau, memoir, San Diego, Seattle, Walden, Yakima
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Getting Old: A Journal; Part Two: Good Stuff
I hadn’t intended to write more about getting old, at least not soon, after I had finished the first part of this journal. Down the road a bit, yes, but not soon. However, while contemplating it during a walk under … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Parenting, Reading, Travel
Tagged confidence, courage, experience, memoir, old age, Parenting, reading, travel, wisdom, Writing
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Getting Old: A Journal; Part One: Scary Stuff
When I was young I took a girl to a party. I can’t precisely remember my age at the time; my guess is that I was a little over twenty-one. There was a lot of drinking going on at the … Continue reading




























