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A Random Scene

From a Random Novel In Progress: “There’s a scene here,” Maincharacter said. “Why the foo aren’t you writing it?” “Because I don’t friggin’ see it,” the author replied. “As if I’m going to take that for an excuse? Look, Lady McSwiggin is going to have to lose her necklace if Fred is going to findContinue reading “A Random Scene”

Peeve of the Day

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Because it’s the grey tag-end of October, moving into the dreariest part of the year up here in the north country, when the fall colors are all gone but the winter snow-that-sticks hasn’t yet fallen, and this time of year always makes me feel peevish: Listen to me,…

I Think I’ve Finally Figured it Out

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
I’ve always been a sucker for a well-done redemption arc in my fictions of choice, in both written and visual media. And I’ve always been puzzled by the vocal commentary that always arises on such occasions, to the effect that so-and-so doesn’t deserve redemption. Because – in my…

More on the Bookstore Project

Here’s my process for finding Independent Bookstores for my TomTom Navigator set of Points of Interest: 1) Find the name/address of an independent bookstore. 2) Google it. (All too often, the most recent hit will be a local newspaper story about how the store has closed after twenty-to-forty years in the same location. I suspectContinue reading “More on the Bookstore Project”

Finding Places

So what have I been up to? Well, I’ve been creating data sets for my TomTom GPS navigator. I’ve already uploaded a couple to TomTom: Covered Bridges of New Hampshire (the covered bridges listed by the state Department of Transportation), Historic Bridges of New Hampshire (the bridges listed by either the New Hampshire State RegisterContinue reading “Finding Places”