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(Seasonal) Thought for the Day

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
A word of warning to anybody contemplating the acquisition of offspring: Be aware that anything you do for Christmas just once instantly becomes a Hallowed Holiday Tradition, and you fail to do it again every year thereafter at your peril. By the time all your kids are teenagers…

In Honor of the Holiday Season

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Because storytelling is a good thing to do at the turning of the year, whatever the tradition: It’s time for my annual holiday gift sale! From now through Twelfth Night, my usual rate of $1500 for a standard-sized novel drops down to $1000, and my rate of $2000…

Polar Express Movie Night

Want to see The Polar Express? Nah, you say. Seen it. Did you see it with a magic show? A magic show with me? No? Then come on down! If you’re anywhere in the Littleton, NH area on December 15th (that’s a Saturday), then come to the Opera House at 6:00 pm, pay a (purelyContinue reading “Polar Express Movie Night”

Season’s Lamentations

So there I was, one day in December of 1983, walking into the wardroom on USS Moinester (FF 1097) when I spotted a banner on the forward bulkhead that read “SEASON’S GREETINGS” in big gold letters. And I read it as “Season’s Lamentations” because, immersed in the Ballads of Britain and assorted Middle Scots works asContinue reading “Season’s Lamentations”

November Is National Novel Writing Month.

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Which means that it’s once again time for me to point discreetly at the Editorial and Critique Services link in my blog header (and right here in this post, as well) and observe that finishing your first draft is only the start of the novel-writing process, and that…