BEACH BUM

I am in real danger of becoming a beach bum. Every morning the ocean beckons me, to try the surf, chase the gulls and comb the beach for treasure. Again this morning I found it ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐’€๐‘พ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฌ! (Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pVfSC5es3s) I make it a point…

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Questing for a Real-Deal Journalist

Like Diogenes looking for an honest man, Iโ€™ve been searching high and low for an honest, objective journalist. Alas, the mainstream media has become a desert, populated by talking heads and shills who openly advocate their politics and partisan causes. Reporting the news objectively, which…

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How Real-Life Adventures Can Inspire Great Fiction

I thought it might be fun to share an excerpt from ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ and reveal the extraordinary, real-life event that inspired the scene. First the excerpt: โ€œ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Žโ€™๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ …

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Write On!

For those who aspire to write fiction, itโ€™s a bit depressing to walk into a bookstore or library and see the hundreds of novels on display. Not to mention the thousands more that pop up on Amazon.Imagine me, in my poor turn, trying to match…

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