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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 who knows me well enough and whom I trust to be honest, we are both stuck with me and a clearly subjective and highly biased effort. In consideration of such biased subjectivity, I believe the most honest approach I can offer is to proceed in the first person.

For my complete biography and links to information about my book, so that I don't have to cram it into the space provided here, go to: my Biography Webpage, so I also don't have to update it at multiple locations

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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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