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I found this article in the April 30, 2003 edition of Ballston Journal. It was about a theater group I helped form with Kathleen Dunham. I wrote a play entitled “Whodunnit,” to be performed for Ballston Spa’s “19th Century Day.”
The play was a 19th century comedic murder mystery. The plot took place at the San Souci hotel in Ballston Spa. Kathleen Dunham directed the play, and did a wonderful job.
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The play was very well received, the audience was laughing the whole time. It inspired me to continue my writing, and ultimately publish a novel, just as I hoped for.
The interesting part is that just six days off from exactly eight years, The Ballston Journal wrote another front page article in the same spot about the novel I published. It’s like another chapter i
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For two weeks now I have swapped out my computer chair for an exercise ball and have been very satisfied with the results. I wrote an article about my experience with photos of ball exercises I do to break up a day of sitting.
The inspiration came after reading an alarming article on NPR entitled: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think, I realized that in spite of 30 minute daily exercises, I was still not doing enough for my health.
To address this problem, I now sit on a ball and break up my day with more exercises. I will outline other routines in further articles.
Continuing my publishing how-to series, I created a guide on how to write a novel. I outline 10 important steps in the conceptualization, research, writing, and proofreading phases of the novel creation process.
Since I have published my new novel, people have asked me all sorts of questions about writing and publishing. To address these questions, I will publish a series of articles about the mechanics of writing, the book editing process, the publishing process, and finally, the marketing of the final product.
Today, I will start at the very beginning—how to become a better writer. In this article, I outline five fundamental ideas on how to improve one’s writing. I’ve used these basic principles for over ten years now, and have been satisfied with the results.
