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  Review: Author Todd Moss counts down to excitement in Minute Zero

  by G. Robert Frazier  In the life of every country, at a moment of extreme national disruption, there is a brief period of breakdown, when everything is uncertain. That is the moment to act, to shape events how you want them to go. That is Minute Zero. State Department Crisis…

  September 28, 2015
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  … in which I wrote a story about a hat.

  So, I just wrote a story (essay) about a hat for the Iowa Writers Workshop I’m participating in. The piece is part of the welcome week activities in which we were supposed to write about an object of wonder. Here’s what I wrote: – The baseball cap sits atop the…

  September 26, 2015
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  Theater of the Absurd: LA creatives may be penalized for tax they don’t owe

  Just when you think you’ve heard everything, there’s this: In Los Angeles, if you are freelance writer or creative trying to eke out a meager living, you could be penalized for a tax you don’t owe. The penalty applies if you fail to register for an exemption from the tax…

  September 20, 2015
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  Trigger warnings on textbooks, novels border on ridiculous

  by G. Robert Frazier I don’t mean to sound insensitive or cold, but this whole push for trigger warnings on virtually everything is ridiculous. According to the Washington Post article, four students, who are members of Columbia’s Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board, say trigger warnings are needed on certain texts dealing with…

  September 14, 2015
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  Writers: Roll the dice to see where your writing life takes you

  The Los Angeles Times recently surveyed writers participating in the L.A. Times Festival of Books about their path to literary success. The result can be seen the creation of a unique board game that lets you play along. The board game cites interesting results along the way, including: the age respondents decided…

  September 14, 2015
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  Reading and Writing Around the Web: The Nonfiction Edition

  Every day I scour the web for interesting articles, tips, and just great reads. Most of what I’ll share concern reading or writing, books, movies and TV, because that’s what I’m into. If you see something worth reading or care to discuss a topic, just leave a comment. I may…

  August 20, 2015
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  Time to get serious about writing, exercizing

  I finally have an accountability tracker. After several days – nay, weeks – in which I accomplished nothing of importance and after complaining about my failings over and over again, my brother had enough of it. In response he has created a nifty Excel document that I must fill out…

  August 10, 2015
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  Reading and Writing Around The Web: The Author Edition

  Welcome to another edition of Reading and Writing Around the Web. This time, I thought I’d take a look at some authors who have been in the news and share some interesting articles about each. Go Set A Watchman and Harper Lee Everyone seems to have a take on Harper…

  August 7, 2015
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  Reading and Writing Around the Web for 7/31

  Every day I scour the web for interesting articles, writing tips, and just great reads. It’s all part of my ongoing effort to learn more about the craft of writing. A lot of these come from email newsletters I subscribe to or from my Facebook newsfeed. From time to time…

  July 31, 2015
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  Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines are a steal

  I only occasionally purchase Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines. Not because I don’t want to, mind you, but because I’ve got so much other material to read already (including back issues I still haven’t finished yet.) But, obsessed with reading as I am, when I saw a recent…

  July 28, 2015