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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Remember this? Guess what? I have been invited to be a presenter at the 2017 Florida Writer’s Association conference! Woo hoo! That’s right, I’m a faculty person. Go ahead and block in the dates — October 19 – 22, 2017 in beautiful Orlando, Florida. I’ll be presenting and available for one on one sessions, and […]

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John Lennon, The Beatles, and Savvy’s Feet In Diamonds

Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Maybe John Lennon wasn’t full of crap after all.   When people said the title of one of the Beatles songs, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” was a reference to the drug LSD, he denied it. But since the Beatles were said to be experimenting with drugs at the time,…

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Our (stuffed toy) Owl Hooey

Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
On a recent trip to Disney’s EPCOT, my daughter found a stuffed owl toy in the Canada exhibit. Not sure what an owl has to do with Canada, per se, but it was cute and fuzzy and she liked it enough – and I liked it more than the ketchup…

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Fall

Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
The World’s Slowest Eater hopped off her chair in the middle of dinner – pasta and carrots. There was some cheese but it disappeared long ago, and since she was demanding pasta all day, literally asking for spaghetti since breakfast, I would have thought she would actually eat it instead…

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I know it’s not even (American) Thanksgiving yet but…

I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet here in the good ol’ U S and A (The Canadians already had their Thanksgiving. They already got stuffed with turkey!! And the leftovers are a long gone memory – and we haven’t even started our Thanksgiving yet! Damn them! DAMN THEM!!) Okay, where was I? Oh yeah. […]

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Well am I?

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The Navigators #BookReview @savvystories

Originally posted on Angela Kay's Books:
Title: The Navigators Author: Dan Alatorre File Size: 4505KB Print Length: 252 Publication Date: July 1, 2016 Sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English Formats:  Kindle Goodreads Genres: Sci-Fi Thriller Picture coming across an old machine during a dig. Then picture taking home the machine, trying to figure out exactly what it was and what…

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Inside The Authors Studio: Dan Alatorre

This was SO much fun. Thanks to Jamie for making me look good.

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Irony or Sarcasm?

This is from a newsletter I subscribe to, from a well respected professional writer.   108 words 6 words repeated 19 times (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6) I stopped paying attention to his intended message.  

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The Writing Tips You Should Have Learned At The World Series, Nonsports Fans Writers

You don’t have to be a Cubs fan to have enjoyed last night’s World Series, you nonsports fans. (Read on, there’s a lesson for you here.) You don’t have to be a baseball fan, either. You don’t even have to be a sports fan. Last night was an example of DRAMA and TENSION – and […]