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  • A sincere thanks for stopping by my website.   If you are interested in learning more about my background, please check out my About page - no need to bore you by repeating those details.  Instead, let me tell you my reason for starting this site. I am learning how to write fiction, and this is the sandbox where I will...

    Welcome

    Posted on November 15, 2012 | 2 Comments
    A sincere thanks for stopping by my website.   If you are interested in learning more about my background, please check out my About page - no need to bore you by repeating those details.  Instead, let me tell you my reason for starting this site. I am learning how to write fiction, and this is the sandbox where I will...

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  • Tonight I plan to listen to Ron Rash read from his soon to be released collection of short stories, Nothing Gold Can Stay.  Ron is professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University and was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award.  Over the weekend, and in preparation for attending the reading at Flyleaf Books, I purchased a copy of Burning Bright and spent...

    Ron Rash: A Modern Day Raymond Carver

    Posted on February 20, 2013 | No Comments
    Tonight I plan to listen to Ron Rash read from his soon to be released collection of short stories, Nothing Gold Can Stay.  Ron is professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University and was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award.  Over the weekend, and in preparation for attending the reading at Flyleaf Books, I purchased a copy of Burning Bright and spent...

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  • This Christmas, I helped Jenny order my primary present from Amazon, a Kindle Paperwhite.  I love it!  On December 26th, I downloaded several anthologies of the best short stories from American authors and  a collection of stories by Anton Chekhov.  Three of my favorites stories were ones I read previously in middle school in 1979 as part of the Junior Great Books...

    Best Short Stories

    Posted on February 1, 2013 | No Comments
    This Christmas, I helped Jenny order my primary present from Amazon, a Kindle Paperwhite.  I love it!  On December 26th, I downloaded several anthologies of the best short stories from American authors and  a collection of stories by Anton Chekhov.  Three of my favorites stories were ones I read previously in middle school in 1979 as part of the Junior Great Books...

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  • Do I want a baby?  Jenny and I have twin ten year old boys, so no more babies are planned for this house. But my first work of fiction is a short story about Michelle Glavin, a woman stuck in a challenging marriage who wants a baby. Decisions Tim Huntley Michelle Glavin disliked secrets, except the ones that were necessary. ...

    I Want a Baby

    Posted on January 21, 2013 | No Comments
    Do I want a baby?  Jenny and I have twin ten year old boys, so no more babies are planned for this house. But my first work of fiction is a short story about Michelle Glavin, a woman stuck in a challenging marriage who wants a baby. Decisions Tim Huntley Michelle Glavin disliked secrets, except the ones that were necessary. ...

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  • “If you wait for inspiration to write; you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter.” – Dan Poynter “Inspiration usually comes during work, not before it.” – Madeleine L’Engle  “I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” – Pearl S. Buck My friend Robb Wolf...

    My Writing Plan for 2013

    Posted on January 1, 2013 | 4 Comments
    “If you wait for inspiration to write; you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter.” – Dan Poynter “Inspiration usually comes during work, not before it.” – Madeleine L’Engle  “I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” – Pearl S. Buck My friend Robb Wolf...

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  • In 1992, I had the pleasure of meeting Guy Kawaski.  He had recently published Selling the Dream, and I was an IBMer responsible for coordinating a networking software conference.  We wanted him to keynote our conference and share his lessons around guerrilla-style marketing.  I don’t remember his exact response when we first exchanged emails, but it was like the following: “Seriously,...

    Guy Kawasaki – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur

    Posted on December 5, 2012 | No Comments
    In 1992, I had the pleasure of meeting Guy Kawaski.  He had recently published Selling the Dream, and I was an IBMer responsible for coordinating a networking software conference.  We wanted him to keynote our conference and share his lessons around guerrilla-style marketing.  I don’t remember his exact response when we first exchanged emails, but it was like the following: “Seriously,...

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  • My process for acquiring new skills hasn’t changed very much since I was a kid: Step 1 – Visit the library and check out every available book on the topic of interest. Step 2 – Read. Step 3 – Apply what I learned from reading. Step 4 – Repeat. Unfortunately, the first book on fiction writing I borrowed from the...

    Acquiring New Skills

    Posted on November 20, 2012 | No Comments
    My process for acquiring new skills hasn’t changed very much since I was a kid: Step 1 – Visit the library and check out every available book on the topic of interest. Step 2 – Read. Step 3 – Apply what I learned from reading. Step 4 – Repeat. Unfortunately, the first book on fiction writing I borrowed from the...

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