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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO IN 2013: NO. 33

    I’ve been working on my first attempt at a western short story.  And what is more western than the Cherokee Strip?  And since I always write strong female protagonists, what if the wife rode in the land run … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS FOR 2013: NO. 32

    I’ve been invited to write a western short story.  Well, me and about a million other people.  Bret Cogburn, http://www.brettcogburn.com/ western writer, is having a western short story contest.  It is not his first.  He invited members of … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS FOR 2013: NO. 31

The Enid Symphony Center presents Summer Wine a series of free events in the Enid Symphony Center on Tuesday evenings in August The Maestro, the Missus and the Minister present Always! Tuesday, August 6, 2013        7:00 pm            A “DeLovely”  concert … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO IN 2013: NO. 30

   I’ll bet you think I came home drunk last night and fell in the flower bed.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  It was not me that was drunk but the pots, notice how they lean at angles? … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO IN 2013: NO. 29

   My firm is in the middle of a big trial.  And I had forgotten just how exhausting that sort of thing can be.  I have been out of the litigation business for more than a few years and I … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO IN 2013: NO. 28

   I hit another wall this evening.  I spent the whole weekend working on my latest novel The Beach House (soon to be renamed Secrets of Sandhill Island).  I finished the novel at around 54,000 words but it needed to … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO FOR 2013: NO. 27

  As a writer, I sometimes come up against a creativity wall.  I won’t call it writers’ block because I have so many ideas floating around in my head all the time that I know I’ll never have enough time … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS TO DO IN 2013: NO. 26

    Walking down the isle of the small chapel in the handmade dress and the small bouquet of daisies forty-one years ago today, I said “I do” to my high school sweetheart.  There were a few friends and family … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS FOR 2013: NO. 25

Father’s Day was great.  The small gathering held at my future daughter-in-law’s was adults only this year.  The grandkids had places to be, but the five us enjoyed pizza on the grill, salad, pie and cocktails – yum!  Just the … Continue reading →

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THING FOR 2013: NO. 24

  Most families have a pet – some have many.  The most popular is always a dog and we are no different.  We have a dog.  A little medium-sized beagle mix named Athena – named for the goddess of war.  … Continue reading →

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