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  • Unfortunate News…

    First off, it’s not what the title may suggest. I’m fine, my family is fine, and I’m not even close to giving up on anything. No, the unfortunate news is that printing costs are increasing once again. Honestly, I’ve been sort of expecting this, given broader economic trends since…well, about 1913, but that’s beside the…

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  • Continuing Changes

    I don’t have long before I need to jump off to take care of some things. I’m continuing my effort to improve this website, especially navigation and professional appearance. To whit, I have added a second-level quasi-navigation bar to the Blog section of this website. This will allow you, dear viewer/user to navigate between sections…

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  • The Pale Man Continues

    This will be a (relatively) short update. The third installment of The Pale Man is now up and available on Substack. The Pale Man, Chapter III: Something in the Forest continues the story which began with the narrator’s arrival (somewhere) in Idaho in the first two chapters. Along with his sister, Ruth, the narrator (named…

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  • Yes, I’m still working on the follow-up to The Aos Si’s Gift. I’ve started on the second draft, which includes some major overhauls to the first draft. A lot of work is probably going to the scrap bin, but such is life. In the meantime, I’ve been dividing my time between the follow-up to The…

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  • Okay, so I finally had–well, took the the time to make some updates and changes to the website. The following are the changes made: In addition, I plan to make the following changes on other pages: That’s pretty much it…what I’ve done, and what I plan to do in the near future. I know this…

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  • “MeN hAvE sToPPeD rEAdInG,” Whines The Cheesy Lot of Other-People’s Second-Hand Electric Donkey-Bottom Spankers at the New York Times

    A recent New York Times headline laments the disappearing, “literary man.” For the curious, the article is entitled “Why the Disappearance of the Literary Man Should Worry Everyone”; and, yes, it is behind a paywall. This article has been commented on ad nauseam in a variety of outlets by a variety of commentators. I’ll try…

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