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Catching Up As We Gladly Exit the Fun House Mirror of 2021

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I apologize for getting lost. No good reason, just a barrel of feeble excuses. Like much of the world, I’ve been running sideways, backward, two steps forward, ducking, and hopping erratically depending on the how reality dictates. Time to at least get somewhat caught up. In no particular order: Been busy on a variety of […]

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Second Interview with Ed Molitor’s “The Athletics of Business”

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It’s always nice to be a guest on someone’s show, especially so when you are asked back a second time. Following my recent return to Chicago-based Ed Molitor’s interview program, here is the link: https://theathleticsofbusiness.com/podcasts/with-ted-simendinger2/ We covered many topics, including Managing the Worry Circle, pro selling, story construction and my writing process, plus the great […]

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Current Writing Projects

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Three Books, One Movie in the Works In between global Zoom seminars to help people manage their Worry Circles, I am pushing forward with three book projects and a motion picture comedy. I guess this is the upside of being somewhat sequestered in my writing room, watching hummingbirds as pandemic days slowly creep by. All […]

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Midwest Book Review: “Portable Dad”

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June 5, 2015 MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW by Andy Jordan, Andy’s Bookshelf Reviewer’s Bookwatch: June 2015 James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review “Portable Dad” by Ocean Palmer 9780976548546 $12.95 www.amazon.com <http://www.amazon.com> “Portable Dad: Stuff to Know Without the Lecture” is a compilation of self-help advice from seminar teacher Ocean Palmer. Portable Dad isn’t specifically a […]

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How to Name a Story

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The reader hook starts with a title, so here are five tips for how to write a good one. 1. Know your audience of one. Your ‘audience of one’ is the precise target your work is written for. You never want to write horizontally, which means hoping your piece will appeal to everyone. It very […]

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A New Year’s Resolution for All: Resolve to Stop Using These Words!

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Earlier this month Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, from its home base midway between the bright lights of New York City and the state capitol of Albany in scenic Poughkeepsie, surveyed nearly 1,200 adults to find out which word irritates them most. The winner . . . by a landslide . . . is […]

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7 Tips for Writing A (Good) Short Film

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One of the wonderful joys of an affordable digital camera is the opportunity it brings for anyone with ambition and an idea to film his or her own movie short. A friend of mine teaches a cinematography class and his student currently face their final exam, the culmination of the program curriculum: combining everything they […]

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“We Got to Play Baseball” Now in eBook Format

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978-1-61897-983-4sample As baseball’s regular season winds down, “We Got to Play Baseball” (60 Stories from Men Who Played the Game) is now available in eBook format. To download a sample, including chapter one, click the hot link to the left (978-xxx). To order, simply click either link on the final sample page. Included in the […]

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