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  • Why agents shit me

    Lots of authors hate publishers. And agents. Let’s face it, nobody likes rejection emails. I admit, I’ve submitted to publishers a few times over the years, and been roundly rejected. Now my friends – who’ve read my latest book, Pandora’s Jar – say,  ‘Send it to an agent, it’s fantastic, they’re sure to pick it…

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  • Writing Religious

    “That time I went to Bible group, when I prayed to God to grant me a wish? I said look, God, if you want me to believe in you, this is what you’ve got to do, alright? Give me a family. I wasn’t thinking, give me a wife or a kid or nothing like that,…

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  • What matters most?

    Love? Service? Family? Art? Here’s an excerpt from the book I’m currently working on, about four people trying to find meaning in life.  Paul is a Catholic school teacher who feels he has nothing to teach…and his students aren’t interested anyway. Terentia, his wife, is a clapped-out novelist whose time has passed. Dave  gets caught…

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  • Plague

    Just a little story I wrote when I wasn’t in the best of moods….and thinking about COVID lockdown. Could be worse! They say that in the weeks before the Great Plague, ships were seen gliding on the sea, calm flowing forth from under their keels like the spreading dark. Those who saw them pass by…

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