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Seven reasons to read "The Twenty-seventh Man"

Here are seven reasons why you should read "The Twenty-seventh Man," which you can find in 

Right now

My day job, a freelance marketing writing business, has come to a standstill. Longstanding clients have pulled their writing projects in-house, or cancelled them all together. (I'm still getting some work but the projects are tiny and pay far less than the hourly rate I'm used to). 

Pretty much every day, after working on the new novel or a story (I'm cranking on one at the moment), I apply for projects and jobs on Craig's List. I rarely hear back on these job posts. I can only assume...

Forever in the sweet wood

My hope and my love, we will go for a while into the wood, scattering the dew, where we will see the trout, we will see the blackbird on its nest; the deer and the buck calling, the little bird that is sweetest singing on the branches; the cuckoo on the top of the fresh green; and death will never come near us for ever in the sweet wood. By Lady Augusta Gregory

Note: Lady Gregory was a major figure in the Irish Literary Revival, also known as the Celtic Twilight, in the...