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So you think you're a writer?,

Want to help me write a book?

A ridiculous thought struck me a few months ago — maybe there is a third book swirling around in my well fertilized brain (insert your own joke here). I never thought I’d write one book, much less two, and now maybe a third? It’s …. well, preposterous. But yes, there are things on my mind that might need to be written.

What’s on my mind isn’t the key to a good book, though. The key is to find out what’s on my heart. That’s the tricky part. Writing interesting things is fairly easy, but writing things I’m deeply passionate about …

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The Second Book is Closer!

Last week was a busy one. For three days my focus was completely on the final manuscript of my second book, and now I can say all 30+ chapters are written!

Notice I didn’t say the chapters were “done.” They are written, but now the tough part begins as we edit, cut, shape and form the overall package. We might (oh dear!) even cut a whole chapter.

One old wag — Faulkner? — said “in writing, you must kill all your darlings.” That’s hyperbole I hope, but you get the idea. It’s tough cutting things I’ve written!

Some of the …