“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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I Have Been Remiss

November 29, 2008

I have been remiss in not posting a link to some of my writing elsewhere. This information is months late, but for those interested in reading about what I have been doing, head on over to Aswelivedbefore.com. If you read there you will have a good idea why things have been so quiet here.

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First Draft Complete

February 20, 2008

Work progresses on the sequel to The Stuttering Bard of York. The first draft of The Stuttering Mayor of York, has been completed and critiqued by the initial test readership. Soon work will begin on the second draft of The Stuttering Mayor of York.

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Shelved Locally

February 14, 2008

For a short time The Stuttering Bard of York is available locally in Fat Cat Books at Avenue B Johnson City, New York. If you are in the area you can stroll down there and support your local economy (and a local author!).

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Sequel Underway

August 3, 2007

Those who have read The Stuttering Bard of York and are wishing for more–good news! I’m working on the sequel, to be titled The Stuttering Mayor of York. Ben and Jess will return for more adventures. That is the good news. The bad news is that it will be some time before it is completed, [...]

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Writing Elsewhere

July 30, 2007

If you have read The Stuttering Bard of York and are looking for something more to read I suggest you head over to Silverwarethief.com, my personal website. That website holds various detritus of mine, including writing that is in turns inane, interesting, and amusing. For a taste of the humorous, one could start by reading [...]

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