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Douglas Schwartz
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Checkered Scissors
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Pickled Bananas and Other Schwartz Stories
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How I Would Save the World
As a fiction author, I enjoy thinking of creative solutions for problems. Isn't that true for most stories? The author paints the character into a corner and writes about how they figure their way out?
In this blog, I contemplate ideas for potentially saving the world. Or, at least taking steps in the right direction:
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In this blog, I contemplate ideas for potentially saving the world. Or, at least taking steps in the right direction:
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Douglas wrote: Thanks, Andrew! I take that as a great compliment. If my legs ran as much as my brain, I might be able to win a marathon. ;)As long as you're fast enough to sneak up behind the muses? ;)
Andrew wrote: "Hey Douglas, thanks for responding.Your a mind boggling author. I'm still trying to adjust to the tilt on my brain, and I'm fairly adept at having things turned inside out."
Thanks, Andrew! I take that as a great compliment. If my legs ran as much as my brain, I might be able to win a marathon. ;)
Hey Douglas, thanks for responding.Your a mind boggling author. I'm still trying to adjust to the tilt on my brain, and I'm fairly adept at having things turned inside out.
