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TIME - Our Most Precious Commodity
--by Robert W. Walker
I nearly forgot it was time for another Friday blog, and it got me to thinking about time itself. There is that nagging feeling that Time is a man-made concept but whether it is Mother Natu...
Hemmingway was known for Nick....Nick was easy to spell and easy to remember and so in just about all of his short stories Nick shows up, often narrating if memory serves. I frankly got sick of Nick quite soon. I prefer names with character, and w...
Maybe it depends on the subjecft matter. I just put together DEAD ON WRITING and became a publisher by going through digital Platform or dtpamazon.com and I did it rather quickly but I think efficiently with the help of a much younger mind than my...
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- author, reader, researcher, speaker, editor, and Kindle publisher!
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.robertwalkerbooks.com
- About Me:
- I have been writing since age 11 or so, wrote my first novel in high school, sold my first novel in 1979. I am an avid writer and have had some 45 book length works published if you're counting ebooks. I have written under four pen names but my actual name won out over them all. I have been married three times as who can put up with a writer? My third wife is a writer, so we are doing well; she is also an ER nurse, an RN and her first book is available now under the title The Well Meaning Killer. My next is available for preorder and is Dead On. I now live in Charleston and make frequent trips to Chicago to see friends and family.
I love traveling and conferencing, love reading and researching, and for the most part I enjoy editing and proofing and sometimes ghosting books for others. I also teach part time at WV State University in English and writing. Enjoy the arts but most of the time am writing and writing more. Miranda and I just got one of her four children graduated from high school, and that means one down, three to go!
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- The works of Mark Twain
The works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Alexander Dumas
Dean R. Koontz
Jeffrey Deaver
JA Konrath aka Jack Kilborn
Ed Gorman
Barb D'Amato
Carolyn Haines
Morgan Mandel
The Bronte sisters
Robert Burns for poetry
Robert Frost for poetry
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Taylor Books, Charleston, WV
Books-A-Million, Charleston, WV
Borders Express, Charleston, WV
Tamarack, Beckley, WV
Amazon.com
B&N.com
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TIME - It Either Runs You, or You Run IT
TIME - Our Most Precious Commodity
--by Robert W. Walker
I nearly forgot it was time for another Friday blog, and it got me to thinking about time itself. There is that nagging feeling that Time is a man-made concept but whether it is Mother Nature or the brainchild of mankind that has us all wearing time on our wrists, it’s here to stay. One thing college taught me was that either you control your time or it will control you. I was no perfect student and I had to struggle to get whatever grade… Continue
--by Robert W. Walker
I nearly forgot it was time for another Friday blog, and it got me to thinking about time itself. There is that nagging feeling that Time is a man-made concept but whether it is Mother Nature or the brainchild of mankind that has us all wearing time on our wrists, it’s here to stay. One thing college taught me was that either you control your time or it will control you. I was no perfect student and I had to struggle to get whatever grade… Continue
Posted on August 15, 2009 at 8:03am —
Character Names - How Much Devoted to Them?
Hemmingway was known for Nick....Nick was easy to spell and easy to remember and so in just about all of his short stories Nick shows up, often narrating if memory serves. I frankly got sick of Nick quite soon. I prefer names with character, and while Hemmingway thought Nick a strong and resonating name, after about four or five stories it becomes apparent that Hemmingway just had no imagination for names. At least that's how I feel.
I want a girl whose name says something and has some bit of s… Continue
I want a girl whose name says something and has some bit of s… Continue
Posted on June 17, 2009 at 11:23am —
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Time Out for Kindle Reading
Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?
Who's Doing Cyber Monday?
I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.What about you?
Did You Shop on Black Friday?
There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.About Black Friday -
The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.
I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.
I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?
So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?
Did you eat any of these foods at Thanksgiving dinner?
Since it's a busy time and an eating time, here's an easy poll to take in the left column. It's okay to pick multiple answers as long as they don't conflict. You can also leave a comment about a particularly favorite dish, if you wish.Morgan
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.