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I realized today that I've been working on my current book for three years. At first, this thought depressed me. I had no intention for this to take as long as it has. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it was somewhat misleading to put it in such terms. The idea for the story came to me in the late summer of 2006-which is ( Read more... )

In the waning days of May, I am flying to Dublin with indiefishsteak. Almost two weeks later, I'll be leaving Edinburgh to get back to Omaha with just enough time to spare to recover from jetlag and attend David's wedding. What am I going to do while in the British Isles? Not really sure, aside from attending my brother's wedding at a seaside town near Edinburgh ( Read more... )

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I awoke with a start. Violent images were still fresh in my mind, but fading fast. Sitting up in bed, I shook my head in an attempt to get my bearings. I looked around the dark room, trying to remember where the hell I was. My heart was pounding, and I was covered in sweat. I shuddered, then looked over the window. Moonlight was pouring in through ( Read more... )