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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Filming Transformers 3 / 7-31-10

July 31, 2010

Another weekend of filming–this time around Wacker and Wabash in Chicago:

Countdown – 9/5 Weeks Until Publication

July 30, 2010

Getting closer! It’s either 9 or 5 weeks before Caring Lessons arrives on the warehouse dock in SW Chicago for …

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Writing Personal Essays

July 27, 2010

A few summers ago, I took a class on personal essays at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival with David Bouchier …

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Countdown – 10/6 Weeks Until Publication!

July 23, 2010

Why the 10/6 today? Because the projected publication date for Caring Lessons was ten weeks from today – 10-1-10. But …

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Stashing Away Book Stuff

July 22, 2010

I’m making progress in my clean-up before Caring Lessons comes out. To encourage you writers that an end can be …

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Ode to a Massage Therapist

July 22, 2010

For many years I went to the most special massage therapist. And older man, formerly in business, in his second …

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Recapping Chicago Visit in Pictures

July 19, 2010

On July 13, I promised you a follow-up on my sister’s visit. Here’s a few pictures. All places are within …

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Writers: Take Time to Purge

July 19, 2010

Boy, am I having fun today. Shredding, filling up the recycle box, setting aside stuff to share with other writers. …

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Filming Transformers 3 – Chicago

July 17, 2010

Unlike in Los Angeles, it’s not everyday we have movie crews here. So we went for a walk today to …

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Countdown – 11 Weeks Until Publication

July 16, 2010

Surprise. Surprise. I didn’t know I still had another “edit” coming. I received a final (I think) edit of Caring …

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