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So it goes. Kurt Vonnegut

Small Things

This time-lapse before revi­sions start in earnest, allows me to go back to the book. … the whole now informs the parts, so, I find myself mak­ing lots of small changes.

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Catch You Later Traitor

New York, New York

Although I have lived in Col­orado for the past twen­ty-five years, I still think of myself as a New York­er. It’s hard­ly a puz­zle as to why it is the set­ting for a good num­ber of my books. 

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Sharing my work

It doesn’t mat­ter how long I work on a book, the moment I decide I’m going to share it with some­one, my wife, an edi­tor, or a friend, my mind­set changes.

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The End

Manuscript Sent

Today, I am send­ing a new man­u­script to my edi­tor. I’ve been work­ing on it for a year. I’ve shared it with no one.

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Who Was That Masked Man Anyway?

The Lone Ranger and Me

It’s dif­fi­cult to explain the enor­mous impact radio drama—kids’ radio drama—had on me. When a boy, I lis­tened to it every day, start­ing at five in the after­noon. Nights too. 

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Monologophobia

Why and how: As a writer, I use a dic­tio­nary of course. But I also make steady use of a Thesaurus. 

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Freddy the Detective

Where I get my ideas

Prob­a­bly the ques­tion read­ers (young and old) most often ask me is “Where do you get your ideas?”  I’ve been asked that ques­tion for more than fifty years.  The answer is mul­ti­fac­eted:  To begin with, I grew up in a house of books.  I had great grand­par­ents who were writ­ers. One of my grand­moth­ers was. My par­ents had

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