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The Art of the Novella: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Originally published in 1957, Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day is considered one of the twentieth century’s finest works of fiction. It chronicles a single day in the life of one Tommy Wilhelm, a failed middle-aged actor, living on a precipice. … Continue reading
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Natural Selection
As part of my continuing experiment with electronic publishing, I have added my short story “Natural Selection” to my eBook store. When this story was originally published last October in Cantaraville, wrote extensively about how it came to be written … Continue reading
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eBook Store
A selection of my previously published stories and essays are now available as eBooks through several different sales channels. The the books can be purchased and downloaded directly in multiple formats from Smashwords.com as well as from the following online … Continue reading
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eBook Week, Meta-Memoir
As I wrote yesterday, this week is “Read an eBook Week.” While the printed book is in danger of extinction, technological innovations, as well as business model innovations, make it clear that the way books are produced, distributed and bought … Continue reading
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Gifts
Part 1: This essay was originally published three years ago in Seeker Magazine. When I began writing it, my only intent was to document a family story that was going to be forever lost due to the passage of time. … Continue reading

