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What I Learned From the Apple Seed (Be A Novelist)

Bankrupt of Ideas In the earliest days of my writing–as I dreamed of becoming a novelist–I saw myself as bankrupt in the area of ideas.  I felt I lived such a mundane life that there was really nothing much I … Continue reading

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Research for “Brought To You By The Color Drab”: Blind but Victorious

In my latest teen novel, Brought To You By The Color Drab the main character, Race, gets a job as a driver for a blind piano tuner. (Actually, it was either take the job or land in juvie. So he … Continue reading

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