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Douglas Debelak

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I would much prefer to have my biography written by someone else and, therefore, presented objectively in the third person. But, until I can afford to hire a publicist or persuade a friend, whom I trust to be honest, preferably more honest than myself, we are both stuck with me and my clearly subjective and highly biased effort. Given this, I believe the most authentic approach is to own up and proceed in the first person.

I don’t remember being born, nor do I trust what appear to be my earliest childhood memories, nor, at times, even memories from events that took place only moments ago. So, I can only conclude that what I am about to present will be as fictional as anything else I’ve written. Then again, hasn’t everything ever written been
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Ghostwriter Series

What is The Ghostwriter Series about?

I found myself trying to answer that question dozens of times over the weekend as people stopped by the Dark Ink Press booth at the Boston Book Festival.

The Ghostwriter Series is a fabric woven from a thousand questions, but at its heart, it grew from my effort to get my mind around a song I heard on the radio, which has resonated through my thoughts for over Read more of this blog post »
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