My name will never go down next to Milton Berle’s in the annals of television, but I can honestly claim I was a sort of video pioneer. No, I’m not talking about the two TV shows I hosted and produced in very recent years on a regular broadcast TV station in South Florida. I’m going...
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All Hail The Library!
Back before Google and Siri, when we had a question we needed—or simply wanted—answered, where did we go? What did we do? If we had an encyclopedia at home, we sometimes had to go no further. But not everyone owned a set of encyclopedias, and not every question was answerable by looking it up in...
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Stealing My Own Idea
In last week’s blogpost I told you I had written a play while still in elementary school. Let me tell you about it…and what followed thereafter. I don’t have any idea what on earth inspired me to write a play when I was in sixth grade. By then I had co-opted my mother’s typewriter and...
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Taught To The Tune Of A Hick’ry Stick
I hated my sixth grade teacher. I loved school up till sixth grade. Mrs. Hewlett, the sixth grade tyrant, ruined it for me. The funny thing is, though, that today I can no longer remember what was so awful about her. The only thing I remember clearly now is the one good thing about her:...
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Becoming an Author
Writers write and readers read and authors gather—at least the authors and other writers of 4 Authors by Authors do. I have always wondered what the difference is between a writer and an author. We all write in some way or other, especially in today’s digital world, where texting and posting on Facebook and Twitter...
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Banned Books Week
It’s Banned Books Week—let’s celebrate. Celebrate what? The freedom to read, and to read what we want, no matter if someone else disagrees with what the book is saying or the ideas it’s promoting. I remember when I was a child hearing the expression “banned in Boston.” Boston was a prudish town then, and certain...
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October Event – 4 Authors By Authors
Are you a writer in search of the “next step” in your process, join us for a day of exploration dedicated in your success as a paid author. We at 4 Authors by Authors are a collaboration of authors, editors, publishers, graphic designers, printers and more that help you through all the joys and struggles from...
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When A Disability Becomes An Asset
While I don’t believe that every cloud has a silver lining, many do…including my foot and leg issues, of which I have several. As a result of them, I have walked with a cane for over three years, now. And that is what this week’s blog post touches on. As you may have gathered, I...
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No Movies In My Mind
I often wonder what drives some writers to write nonfiction while others are impelled to write novels, short stories, and other fiction. My own output leans extremely heavily toward nonfiction. I have written a few novels for adults, and my output for kids includes fiction as well as nonfiction, but of the over-100 books I...
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From Nancy Drew to…What?!
My very early reading tastes were hardly exceptional, nor did they point in the particular direction of an authorial future. Once past simple picturebooks and easy readers—and I got past those at an early age, reading sixth grade readers early in third grade—I dived right into the Bobbsey Twins. I found their antics, adventures, and...