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I'm giving away a signed copy of End Credits to the first Goodreads member who contacts me. Rate and review is appreciated.

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Ginnetta Correli, the author of The Lost Episodes of Beatie Scareli, has posted an excerpt from my latest novel. You can find it here.

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Yesterday I went to a nearby horse stable with my three-year-old son. It's situated in the middle of a huge park and has pleanty of open air areas for the mares and geldings to stretch their legs. There are also a lot of shiny SUVs and new Volvos, too. (In the parking lot.)

We observed them - the horses, not the SUVs - for a while. The sun was shining and the animals came closer to us. My son was so excited he yanked some grass off the ground and gave it to this magnificent black male who still 

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I know I should be focusing on my next novel, but there are matters of greater importance. Like my daily face wash solution. I admit skincare for men is a bit gay, but I'm a pretty liberal guy. And I don't use anti-wrinkle creams.

What caught my attention yesterday was a slogan near the base of the tube. It said, Tested in Extreme Conditions. What the hell do they mean by that? Was there an Eskimo who took some time off from his seal killing trade to perform this test?

Another line that bothers m

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I've officially saved my second novel, KILLING SUBURBIA, to the darkest corner of my USB memory stick. In other words, the publishing industry and its gate keepers have cast their votes. You probably know what I'm talking about. A heap of rejection slips.

The good thing is that I know the book is pretty good. Not perhaps a Nobel Prize candidate, but still far better than the Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich. (Sorry, Janet!) My first thought was to re-write it, but in the end I decided no

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If you want to maximize Easter suffering I suggest you try a Finnish "delicacy" called mämmi. Personally I find it almost as disgusting as English black pudding. It even looks like...well...crap.

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If you want to maximize Easter suffering I suggest you try a Finnish "delicacy" called mämmi. Personally I find it almost as disgusting as English black pudding. It even looks like...well...crap.

Just like the subject says. These rejections make me feel like a fat and white twentysomething kid appering on American Idol. He's wearing a lime green satin jacket and yellow lens sunglasses. Torn jeans and battered sneakers. His squeaky voice is delivering Barry White's Never, Never Gonna Give You Up. And he's thinking, "All those hours in front of the mirror are finally paying off."

Oh, and I hate the taste of envelope glue...  

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Question: Can a large department store fill its children's department with S&M puzzles?  

Answer: Yes it can. But only for six months. That's how long it takes for the first complaint to hit the store's customer service.  

I'm not making this up. See the full story and some pictures of the puzzle here.

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Once in a while, when life gets a bit depressing, I like to learn more about how the world will end. I'm not going to be here to see it, but I find that kind of information soothing. You struggle with your monthly mortgage payments, and put up with dumbass bosses and co-workers, but in the end the whole planet will burn like a roman candle.

So, it's one of those days again. But thanks to youtube and Prof. John Dubinski from the University of Toronto I can breathe easy. Click here and see Prof. Du

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