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WRITING THE BOOK I WAS DESTINED TO WRITE

An English major joke goes like this: I like to write poetry, but I suck at writing poetry. So I wrote a short story that was worse than my poem. To fix the problem I wrote a novel and it’s the worst yet, and this explains the deluge of bad writing.

TONY ROMO WRITNG COACH

Tony Romo is getting great press as an NFL color commentator. His MVP showing in the AFC title game earned him the sort of career extension anyone would hope for. And he’s a second year guy in the booth. What if Tony Romo was a writing coach, as good a writing coach as […]

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2

What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

Long form writing is like a walk in the woods with no map. In the dark. With animal noises. And cliffs on both sides of the trail. If that isn’t a picture of adventure, what is? And all you need to do is sit down and write. And stay down. For a long […]

AMAZON SEARCH FOR BITTER, ANGRY, PROFANE MEMOIR

Amazon search is easy, like google, except you can buy the search results right away. Not so much on google prime. I’m not searching as much as researching the competition during editing breaks of my cancer memoir in the works, and happy to find great books on the topic, though not too many […]

SOCIAL MEDIA SUPER STAR IN THE WINGS

News reports about social media and the ‘new awareness’ we all need to observe will never keep grandma from posting new baby pictures. ButI think I get the point of the warning. From my census training I learned how to gather visual evidence at the door if a citizen didn’t want to interact […]

KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU, (UH HUH)

Knowing Me As a young child in an unsupervised moment one of my playmates decided to ride his trike. I hopped on the back axle where there was room to stand and gave him a big push. Except he pulled back on the handle bars just as I pushed and popped a wheelie […]

BoomerPdx Blog Update, November

The numbers aren’t good, but they are surprising. Australia found boomerpdx and lead the world outside America in racking up hits here, which makes me happy. Twenty seven other countries made the hard trip here along with twenty eight American states. I’m glad to see the number of states and countries keeping pace with […]

Another Moment Of All American Serendipitous Patriotism

“If you’ve ever wondered what you’d have done had you lived during the era of slavery, the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights Movement — whether you’d have stood & spoken up; whether you’d have intervened to help someone or been complicit in harming them through your silence — you have your answer. […]

Portland Bird Flip To The Rest Of You

The Portland bird is one thing, the Portland bird flip a whole ‘nother thing. If it’s not this, it’s that for Portland. Close to the mountains, close to the beach, and if the pace of new building is any indicator, close to the new neighbors. Like any city over a certain […]

WRITING THE BOOK I WAS DESTINED TO WRITE

TONY ROMO WRITNG COACH

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

AMAZON SEARCH FOR BITTER, ANGRY, PROFANE MEMOIR

KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU, (UH HUH)

BoomerPdx Blog Update, November

Another Moment Of All American Serendipitous Patriotism

Portland Bird Flip To The Rest Of You

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