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ROAD TRIPS WITH THE BOYS, PART ONE

Road trips with kids sounds like a duty, a hassle, a task to do and be done with. It starts with a plan, then a phone call. How you answer gives the kids an idea on how to respond when their turn comes around: “Dad, can we borrow your car and drive to a concert […]

HOMETOWN WRITERS MISS THE BOAT?

Hometown writers miss the boat when they think everything’s been said about where they grew up. Then, to save their careers the turn their focus to their hometown. More like they use a sense of home to lure readers in. Like Thomas Wolfe.

BEACH MUSIC BY PAT CONROY, A REVIEW

Beach Music sat in my TBR pile for years while I passed by. At over 700 pages it intimidated me. I like novels around 200-250 pages. The Great Gatsby clocks in at 208 paged; Catcher In The Rye runs 234 pages, more or less. Beach Music at 800 pages? I got a Harry Potter vibe […]

STEPPING OUT BOOMERPDX STYLE

Stepping out of a comfort zone isn’t the same as throwing yourself away. Let’s get that straight. One has an air of optimism, the other not so much. How can you tell the difference before it’s too late, you ask? Let’s go.

WRITING ADVICE FOR A BROKEN HEART HOSPITAL CAMPOUT

Writing advice from writers usually comes with a warning, or should: This is what works for them. It might work for you or another writer, but it definitely works for them. After a single night campout in a hospital bed, their advice carried more weight for better or worse. A week out from the event […]

INDEPENDENT BLOGGERS: SENSE AND NONSENSE

Independent bloggers, stand alone writers who post non-viral content, look at numbers. Without the numbers, the follows, the likes and comments, they feel worthless. If you’ve ever spent time around a whiny blogger, you know the story. Not enough hits, not enough social engagement, not enough validation for them to continue. Eventually, they give their […]

ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK

One blogger’s essential reading is another’s fire-starter; that’s just how it is. Except the book in Ken Kesey’s hand won’t start any fires today, not the way it started fires in his younger days.

YOU WANT ME TO WANT TO?

SHIFT TALKERS WORK OVERTIME

ROAD TRIPS WITH THE BOYS, PART ONE

HOMETOWN WRITERS MISS THE BOAT?

BEACH MUSIC BY PAT CONROY, A REVIEW

STEPPING OUT BOOMERPDX STYLE

WRITING ADVICE FOR A BROKEN HEART HOSPITAL CAMPOUT

ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK

BICYCLE DAY FOLLOWED BY 420? CALL A DOCTOR, STAT

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