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  • The Journal
    • Thoughts and Memories
  • The Robots
  • The Books
  • Stories and Articles
    • Published Stories List
    • Selected Articles
    • The Kensington Stories
      • Working for Jake
      • Land of the Iroquois
      • Dog Boy and Tattoo
      • Grandmom’s TV
      • The Great Yo-Yo Contest of 1957
      • The Art of Folding Wax Paper – A Novel
        • Chapter 1 – The Narrator
        • Chapter 2 Field Trip
        • Chapter 3 – Detention
        • Chapter 4: Christmas Present
    • Stories of the 60s & 70s
      • Night of the Butcher’s Daughter
      • My Barefoot Summer
      • Coney Island Night
  • About Me
  • Success with lower case s

    I didn’t start out to be an also-ran. Like hundreds of thousands of other writers, I began with every intention of becoming very rich and very famous. Life plays tricks like that, doesn’t it? Life sets up a goal or goals, organizes the competition, and then sends you out to combat the elements. While a […]

    wdcastle

    January 1, 2022
    Uncategorized
    SF, Success
  • On Branding

    I’ve been told more than once that I should “brand” my writing and myself as an author. A writing friend uses several pen names, each in a distinctive voice and each in a specific genre appealing to a select audience. That’s how she’s branded herself and she’s recommended that I do the same. Another friend […]

    wdcastle

    January 1, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Branding, SF
  • Reading Science Fiction

    I discovered science fiction when I was about 8. Back then, comic books were a mainstay in my life. I devoured Superman, Batman, Green Hornet, and other comic hero stories. I also read a lot of monster-types with creepy titles and even creepier storylines. Somewhere along the way, I found Astounding Magazine (which became Analog […]

    wdcastle

    January 1, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Analog, Astounding, Frederic Brown, Philip K Dick
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