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A Star Again, or How I Scored An Extra 15 Minutes of Fame

My Real Memoir Following my father’s death, I’d decided not to take over his two profitable enterprises. “I’m an artist,” I told Mom, “not a businessman.” Appearances aside, however, I hadn’t taken a virtuous vow of poverty. So I doubled down on … Continue reading

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Your Are Cordially Invited…

To Enter Another World! I normally post episodes of my full-length fantasy The Wishing Map on Saturdays, but I’m in the studio today, so allow me to refer you back to the start of this magical little epic. Each segment, … Continue reading

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Instant Wisdom

Source: Don’t Squint The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. After Zack and his sister Gina returned to the world of Ismara, … Continue reading

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Gnome-napped!

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack and his sister Gina had returned the world of Ismara. Abandoning his oddly-behaving sister, … Continue reading

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Hopelessly Unprepared!

Image by Erik Schereder The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Knowing they might never return, in order to complete their mission, … Continue reading

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Mockery Cuts Deep

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina and her brother Zack had completely alienated one another. And now they were facing … Continue reading

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My Friend the Movie Star

My Real Memoir Friendships shuffled during my freshman year in high school. My two childhood BFFs were still around, of course, and new friendships were popping up like Iowa corn. But my most unlikely friend that year was a bonafide … Continue reading

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Have You Read The Wishing Map?

I’m being a spotty blogger (“splogger”?) this week while I focus on upcoming projects, and so… While I normally post an episode of my full-length fantasy The Wishing Map on Saturdays, this time I’ll refer you back to the start … Continue reading

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Call Me Forrest

My daughter calls me Forrest Gump. She has this theory that I’ve not only met most of the world’s famous people, but that I (accidentally) caused most of the major events of the 20th century. Silly, I know. All I can say … Continue reading

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Wishing Wednesdays

“There’s magic in the world.  And it’s waiting to be found.”  Originally developed for Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Wishing Map has been called “a modern American Chronicles of Narnia.”  I’m serializing the book in short “5-minute reads” on Wednesdays … Continue reading

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