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Remembering My Parents

August 27th would have been my mother’s 99th birthday. I didn’t post anything anywhere about it, but I thought about it a lot. She died in 2007 a little more than a month after her 90th birthday. Thinking about the … Continue reading

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The Illusion of Another Time or Place Through Words

I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact of words lately. I’ve had a number of editing jobs, covering different types of material: a biblical fantasy, a children’s book, an academic thesis, and a scholarly analytic volume. Each required a … Continue reading

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A Day in the Life of Comic Con International 2015

My plan had been to leave Pacoima early – by 5:30, ideally. That would have meant reaching San Diego before 8, and taking the trolley to the convention center, picking up my badge quickly and being on the spot when … Continue reading

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Bradbury’s Influence

I’ve been reading Ray Bradbury: the Last Interview this last week. I’d recently come to realize how much Bradbury had influence my own writing. I had not thought about it because I wasn’t a reader who was immersed in his writing. … Continue reading

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Passion For Work

On Facebook earlier today, artist Colleen Doran posted a link to an interesting blog article that featured some comments by Mike Rowe about the “follow your passion” advice that usually gets passed around easily. Rowe’s comments gave me some food … Continue reading

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CAPS is Visited By a Writer

The August meeting of CAPS played host to veteran writer George Clayton Johnson. He brought a lively string of tales about his days as a writer (which, he assured us, continue even now). George co-authored the novel Logan’s Run. So, he … Continue reading

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Themes that Run Through My Work

I find it that sometimes and idea or concept that I have touched on in one work reappears in something else, often years later. Over the weekend, I set myself back to working on my devotional study of the First … Continue reading

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Weird Al’s “Word Crimes” Appeals to Editors

It’s been passed around on Facebook a lot this last week, and I’ve avoided looking at it… mainly because it is so easy to get distracted when I’m pushing to finish a major editing job. But a friend urged me … Continue reading

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The Books Have Arrived!

After a lot of work in writing, correcting galleys, working at promoting the book, my author copies have finally arrived! The Creature took the time to examine the book, checking out how the landscape format works. He decided he was … Continue reading

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WonderCon 2014

The convention fell on Easter weekend this year, which led to me deciding to skip the Sunday activities. There didn’t seem much on the schedule for that day that I was willing to make the trek down to Anaheim for, … Continue reading

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