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Correcting my limitless lack of knowledge, one post at a time.
Blog Roll
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Death in the Dales 2026 - I'm just back from an exhilarating weekend in England's Book Town, Sedbergh, where the third Death in the Dales festival was a great success. Warm congra...
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Bump in the Night - For the ancient Celts, October was a special month. All hinge points in the wheel of the year were seen as an opening into the next phase. January is Winte...1 day ago
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In Praise of Quiet Books - Most of my writing career, I’ve heard agents and editors say I write “quiet” books. As far as I can tell, “quiet” is code for “literary.” Often these boo...2 days ago
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Favorite Reads of Q3 2026 - Not as many books as usual to cite in Q3, mostly due to the research needed for returning to the Penns River series and wanting to re-acquaint myself...4 days ago
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Did we like it? - Well, no. Mostly not. It was almost back to G P Taylor mode. But this time I had already read the book, and didn’t need to waste a week I’d never get back....4 days ago
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A River Runs Through It - *Sidle Creek* by Jolene McIlwain Melville House, 2023 reviewed by Seana Graham A beautiful collection of stories set in the hill country of western Pe...4 days ago
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The Border is at the Base of my Building - Díaz-Canel’s visit to the neighborhood brings police, plainclothes agents, and a stay-at-home order that disrupts even the most basic tasks. 14ymedio, Hava...1 week ago
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"A terrific read from a terrific storyteller" - review of THEY SAY A GIRL DIED HERE - *THEY SAY A GIRL DIED HERE by Sarah Pinborough (Orion, 2026)* *Reviewed by Craig Sisterson* *It’s happening again... **Anna Maybourne feels trapped in Ha...
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"You've Been There": On the new album Elysian from Bronze Nazareth & Kevlaar 7 (RIP) - *Ubi sunt* - this Latin phrase meaning "Where are they?" was often used as an opening in medieval poems on mortality which sought to ask, where are they ...
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Pluribus Wake & Dance First - The show* Pluribus* on Apple TV is a binge-worthy series with an interesting premise, and now it's been nominated for a whole bunch of Emmy awards. I d...2 months ago
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I'm Still Alive — Take Two - I’m still alive — and not yet on Substack. The previous post announcing my non-expiration was true, but I did not return to full volume. No one wants ful...
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It’s Good to Talk: Why Dialogue is Fundamental - The reasons why humans developed complex speech are still contested, but as a writer it doesn’t really matter if it’s due to a uniquely shaped hyoid bone,...
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I Swam With America! - On the 4th of July, the usual 6:30 a.m. time for Early Bird Lap Swim was pushed back to 9:00 a.m. for a general holiday celebration for the community. I ...
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The More Things Change - Back in July of 2009, Do Some Damage launched with seven authors on Blogspot.com. Now, sixteen years later, the site is moving to a Substack newsletter. ...
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Tom Maderos at "Escape Into Life" - This blog hasn't seen any activity of late, but it's still here and I have a couple of reasons to revive it, although I don't expect there will be many ...1 year ago
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Worldbuilding: How to Create a Believable World for Your Fiction Characters - When you're writing fiction, worldbuilding is vital to the success of your story. Your characters need a believable place to work and play!1 year ago
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The Last Hurrah - ‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’ ‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’ ‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...3 years ago
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Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall - Justice Thurgood Marshall’s widow, Cecilia Marshall, died this Tuesday. After her husband’s death in 1991, she continued to occasionally appear at the Co...3 years ago
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Poem of the week: I Am Not A Falconer by Caroline Bird - An abandoned lover tries not to take their distress too seriously I am standing in this field Holding my glove in the air Should I whistle? I can’t whistl...4 years ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!4 years ago
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Book Review 2022-001 - Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan - Book Review 2022-001 Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan 309 pages (the galley), 2022 via Henry Holt (this copy was an ARC sent to me by Henry Holt) This deb...4 years ago
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Eight Basics of Successful Nonprofit Leadership - Leading a nonprofit is, in many ways, like leading any kind of business. Some of these I learned growing up watching my father run his small business. For ...5 years ago
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#104 / The Shared American Story - Ken Burns (pictured above) is an American filmmaker who is known for using archival footage and photographs in documentary films about American history....5 years ago
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Snatches of the Everlasting Gospel 3 - [image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNcpxZh71l2jCbTs7-nYBJmgvJTJrPf4wq2oyZ_7AbYvqESjZ94wqaJOKAPexY3gBRlHz2aFVqubZU16pxnLZA5...
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Upcoming Events - Lit Crawl Belfast: As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
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Shot at the Edgars - Peter Lovesey, named an MWA Grand Master at the 2018 Edgar Awards. Photo by Peter Rozovsky for Detectives Beyond Borders. © Peter Rozovsky 2018
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Six Days in Phoenix - On day one, Thursday, we marched to the Capitol, 75,000 strong. The legislature basically flipped us off, and adjourned until Monday. On day two we h...
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SCHEHERAZADE - [image: Image result for scheherazade] On Friday night the Prom was Scheherazade, live from the Albert Hall. I have listened to it three times since th...9 years ago
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What I Learned at the California Crime Writers Conference - It’s Monday morning in Culver City on a gorgeous Southern California day. From my hotel room window, I can see reflected in the mirrored building across ...
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New Year’s Discount - Happy New Year to all my readers! This year begins with two discounts for you: North Sea Cottage (the first mystery about Tora) is available for $ 0.99 onl...9 years ago
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A Barrel of Salt: Salzburg, Austria - Last summer I started this post talking about a saying my father handed down to me. “You can’t know a man until you’ve eaten a barrel of salt with him.” T...9 years ago
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Guiding a First Generation to College - Students who are new to America or lack college-educated parents often don’t know their options.10 years ago
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Surprise invasion of Japanese punk - A strange bit of synchronicity occurred in my life this week, courtesy of Netflix. I have a two disk at a time plan with them. (Yes, that's right, I stil...
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Flanless in the kitchen, six p.m. - My walking buddy complains her flannel pajamas are no longer warm, cheery, or comforting on these very long nights of early winter.. The thrill is gone, a...
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Grazie & Arrivederci! - So that's the end of the Europa Challenge! Thanks to everyone for a great five years of reading and reviewing! I'll leave the blog up so folks can find you...10 years ago
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Meeting Points - Meeting points, in water, sky or paint; the places where blue turns red & runs into the sea; edge of a face that bends into shadow; shape that changes sh...
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Dahlia Lithwick on the mentally ill in jail - I'm reviving this somewhat moribund blog to post a link to an article by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on a mentally ill man who died after four months in jail a...11 years ago
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Review of Reckless Lovely in the Los Angeles Review - A hearty shout-out to Maggie Trapp for her generous review of *Reckless Lovely*, which just went live at The Los Angeles Review blog.
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I’m Not Here Anymore, But Maybe You’ll Follow Me to Somewhere New? - Thank you, everyone, for following me on 500 Words on Words! As you might have noticed, I haven’t been exactly cranking out the new posts here for quite so...11 years ago
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New Website! New Blog! 2 New Programs! - Striving always toward full integration of the logical - linear and analytical with the intuitive - creative and imaginative, I've united those parts in a ...11 years ago
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Sayulita - It's not October anymore. Something a bit more timely for the top o' the blog, okay? My most amazing friend, Raquel, swept me out of my daily routine ...
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It Lives! - It has been quite a while since I have updated this blog. Some things have changed over the last year, I changed jobs last October, after thirteen years ...
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT - UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT * AT THE BIJOU * ? Yes, that's right. From our newly refurbished red velvet reader seats . . . to showcasing AUTH...
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The Final Post: Understanding and Forgiveness for All - I began this blog a year ago with the aim of resolving the cognitive dissonance between my love of Wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster. I start...
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William Kentridge at Volte gallery - The South African artist William Kentridge is showing at Volte gallery in Colaba. Anybody in Bombay between now and March 20 should definitely put the ex...
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Worlds Collide Under Purple Skies - It's amazing to me how often my Japanese world collides with my American world. Two years ago, I happened to be on vacation in *New Orleans*. I was sitti...
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Assistant Editor On Board! - TFFO writer Tom Pitts is the new TFFO editorial assistant at Out of the Gutter Online! Click here to welcome him to the operation!
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Gay Male Poetry Post Identity Politics, Part Five - I am now posting the last of the presentations from my AWP panel on gay male poetry post politics. Like Aaron Smith, Brian Teare questions the idea and the...18 years ago
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ReplyDelete"You've lifted me up, each and every step of the way." Just after 5:00
(I will say that if you check the Engish captions on this thing, they are quite bizarre. Can't tell if they're done by a detractor or just someone incompetent in the English language.)