Tag: fiction
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Star Bucks The Original Series
Like Tolstoy, I like to write in the marketplace. My marketplace is invariably a coffee shop. And, since I am a trekker of the globe, there is some familiarity and holiness in Starbucks. In New Orleans, I write at Cherry Coffee Roasters on Laurel. I love the vibe and the coffee. However, in my current…
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More on Writing
More on not moron. Haha. Well, subjective. I am working on my novel Tanglewood. I have taken to scheduling two hours each day devoted to writing. At least an hour is pure Tanglewood. Today, the first hour was dedicated to continuing the story. The story has jumped the rail and is off on its own…
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Working It
Writing is fun. Well, sort of. Creating the story, bringing the characters to life, imagining the settings and situations – these things are fun. Sharing the idea is fun. Telling people what you are thinking is fun. Writing and finishing is work. Just plain work. My dear friend and poet Kemmer Anderson, graduate of Davidson,…
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A Poet on “Faith”
So, I am a poet. I am also a person of faith. I have not always been a person of faith. Like Yusuf, Cat Stevens, I have journeyed to come to a place of believing in something. An awareness or belief in something mystic is often called “faith” , but I don’t know if that…
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Avoidance and Writing
I don’t know how writer’s block manifests in your world. For me, it comes to visit through avoidance. Sub-consciously I am very busy and each time I come to the task there is some other “thing” which demands my attention. Most recently, I sat to work on a script. The absolute last moment deadline is…
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Tanglewood 3
The Man Who Talks to Trees The next notebook I opened contained a section labeled “Confession”. I wasn’t sure who to attribute it to but I think it is the journal of a Mr. Nelson. Subsequent to reading the entry, there were comments on separate documents which I think were between Karl and Dr.…
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What is a Tanglewood
Tanglewood is the novel that is currently in the works at Pop’s Place. Here’s a glimpse! Tanglewood I am not certain this is legal. If legal, I am still uncertain if it is a good idea. I found a file box after the fire. I read the contents and decided that the only way…
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Penguin Random House
Some people think reading books is a thing of the past. Well, let me bring you bibliophiles some good news. Random House, the publisher of my book Single Dad’s Survival Guide, just cut the ribbon on an expanded distribution center. Someone is still reading! While in Batesville, Mississippi this summer, I was speaking to the…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 