Seeking Arizona Fiction and History
For authors of novels, short stories, and social histories with settings in Arizona, Strange Angel Press will gladly accept publicity about your work on its Facebook page, Instagram account, or …
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Are Villains Necessary?
After telling me how much he otherwise liked my first novel, a wise friend once added that he was troubled there were no villains in it. This caused me to …
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Leaping from Non-Fiction Writer to Novelist
Until a decade ago, most of my writing efforts had been non-fiction, with articles on specialized subjects a staple. I received an award for a piece about collecting Indian cents …
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Odd Thoughts about the HERETICS IN OCCUPIED EDEN Series
Beneath its paranormal, utopian quest plot and woven throughout its framework of Jungian psychology, the HERETICS IN OCCUPIED EDEN series includes a whimsical and idiosyncratic compendium of cultural literacy that …
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Is This World Unique?
On the day after Christmas in 2003, I woke from a strange dream. The bit I remembered, ran like a thirty second trailer for a movie. A man walked alone …
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Kickstarter Update #3! Dolly and the Dreadful Words
Only 7 days left! Come and pledge your support! Kickstarter Update 3
Read MoreKickstarter Update #2! Dolly and the Dreadful Words
Check it out! This video details how Derek brings his art to life. Kickstarter Update 2
Read MoreKnowing oneself and some bravado serve a writer well
I look back on 51 years of writing for publication and search for that crucial moment when I could claim it as my life’s trade. When does a writer become …
Read MorePOET’S BIRTHDAY
Here is a poem I wrote some years back at a change-of-decade birthday. It acknowledges a particular effect of growing older upon this writer, and I suspect it may also …
Read MoreGnashing my teeth every time my words are lost in a computer snafu
By Lawn Griffiths What writer has not been deflated when something has gone suddenly wrong with the computer and a particular work has been lost? It is a fist-on-the …
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