“The Future of Publishing” Essay Added

June 16, 2010

Today I added my second essay in the series on the future of publishing. This essay focuses on one key aspect in the changing landscape of publishing–the Espresso Book Machine. An excerpt: When you envision the future of publishing, what do you see? You might think you see ebooks, and all sorts of little digital [...]

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“The Empty Couch” Essay Added

June 11, 2010

Adding the essay went quickly today. I added “The Empty Couch.” It deals with grieving, and is a bit melancholy. But it speaks for what many people feel. An excerpt: We all grieve in different ways. Some people grieve loudly, others in silence. Some people take a long time to grieve, other people finish grieving [...]

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“Saying Goodbye” Essay Added

June 10, 2010

I wrapped this afternoon up by adding the essay “Saying Goodbye” to the website. The essay is one of the saddest I have written, but sometimes life is sad. And sometimes the saddest times are the times that show us, and teach us, the most. An excerpt: There were many things I wanted to write [...]

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“Publishing Revolution” Essay Added

June 10, 2010

I just added the essay “Publishing Revolution” to the website. I wrote it all today, so consider it a first draft. I would like to make it the beginning of a larger series covering my thoughts about the publishing world today. I’ll probably go back and retool it a bit as I add further essays [...]

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“The Burden” Essay Added

June 8, 2010

Perhaps I shouldn’t say this about my own writing, but I find my essay “The Burden” to be one of the most moving essays I have written about Grandpa. It is about Grandpa’s view of his own sickness with Alzheimer’s, and his longing. An excerpt: Grandpa is gone, and it is natural to think about [...]

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“Grandpa’s Guitar” Essay Added

June 4, 2010

I just added the essay “Grandpa’s Guitar” to the website. It was an essay I wrote back in the beginning of 2009. Since then Grandpa has passed on, and I have a new guitar. But that old guitar still sits in the corner of my room, and will always hold a special place in my [...]

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“The Indian Man” Essay Added

June 3, 2010

We’ll see how long I can keep up this string of daily essay additions. Today I added the essay “The Indian Man.” This essay is about the life-size statue of a Native American man that my Grandpa made. An excerpt: Grandpa always had a fascination with frontier American life, in particular with Native Americans. (For [...]

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“Nobody Here” Essay Added

June 2, 2010

I just finished adding the essay “Nobody Here” to the website. It is about the onset of Alzheimer’s–about what we don’t want to admit, but eventually can’t deny. An excerpt: Alzheimer’s Disease is like mental cancer. It eats away inside you insidiously, slowly destroying you before anyone knows it is even there. It oozes in [...]

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“Tractor Rides” Essay Added

June 1, 2010

Today I refined and added my essay “Tractor Rides” to the essay section of the website. It is an essay of remembering childhood. Excerpt: “While I was growing up Grandma and Grandpa Purdy lived in the country. They lived on the Pennsylvania-New York border, and to reach their house you had to drive along a [...]

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Initial Thoughts on Duke Draft 4

May 21, 2010

So far, reaction to draft four of The Stuttering Duke of York has been about what I could reasonably hope to receive. The unreasonable part of me wanted everyone to exclaim that this draft was perfect, ready to be sent off for publication. I wanted it to be done, but given the amount of changes [...]

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