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Six word memoir

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Timberati

Six word memoirs and summations are popular, I tried my hand at my career. Forester: cuts trees, plants and leaves.

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Draft #2-Timberati on the Graveyard Shift

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Timberati

Lee Lofland over at the Graveyard Shift has asked if I’d like to do a guest column. Lee’s a retired detective who’s “solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as … Continue reading →

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Conundrum for the Day

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Timberati

I listen to the podcast of National Public Radio’s Only A Game. The other day I heard a story about the collecting of stories for The Best Sportswriting of 2008. This set me to wondering, given that, whether we writers … Continue reading →

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I Think About Baseball When I Write

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Timberati

Crawford Killian has an interesting post about “Sexual symbolism in fiction“. Mr. Killian taught writing (if memory serves, though it might have been English Composition) at Capilano College for forty years and has written several novels. What brought the subject … Continue reading →

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Multiple POV or Head Hop?

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Timberati

One tenet for writers (besides write, write, write) is read, read, read. Read Lousy Stuff and the Great I don’t recall where I read it, but a published author said (paraphrasing), “Don’t just read the great stuff, read lousy stuff … Continue reading →

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