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Mark Lee Taylor recently published his first novel, A Pebble Tossed, which gained him the recognition of being selected as a Featured Author on Freebooksy. After spending the last thirty years working as a scientist for the State of Maryland, he is hoping to retire soon and embark on his second career. He lives in Maryland with his wife, two daughters, two dogs, and delusions of grandeur.

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This being sick stuff really sucks. It’s robbing me of days I can never get back.I’m almost 58 years old, and this is the very first time I’ve missed more than a day or two of work for being sick. I missed some time for two hernia surgeries in the nineties, a whole summer for the birth of my daughter, and last summer I was out two months with a broken hand. But this is the first time I’ve been out Read more of this blog post »

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