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Na No No Vember
Historically speaking I’ve always hated November. Everything seems to go poof and all at once it’s dark, cold, and generally cheerless. But NaNoWriMo came to the rescue. It gave me a reason to live in...
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What the Mouse Heard
I sent my latest novel in for a proof. The story is about a scientist who discovers a drug that will cross the blood brain barrier. Not to give away too much, it involves a mouse, travel, poker, India,...
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Free Book Today!
My novel, The Game of Hearts, is available for free downloading starting today, for the next five days. The Game of Hearts was written on an actual typewriter!
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Bird Feeder
Gazing out to sea she stood alone at the rail as the ship sped down the fjord, when she became aware of a man feeding French fries to the gulls; a situation that would force a change of plan for the...
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Cakes & Ale – a Tale
It was the sort of night that would have kept even Sherlock Holmes from taking to the streets in search of his arch rival. But the directors had important business to discuss, and so they made their...
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6 NANOS
Well, I did it again. This was my 6th Nanowrimo. Six books x 50,000 words or more in 30 days. The first time it was murder. The rest were hard and every time I seemed to finish on the 30th of...
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The Hat Trick
I published this one back in 2012 but then removed it when I submitted it to a short story contest. Needless to say I should have won but didn’t, so here it is again, in the spirit of a real Quebec...
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Ice
Today’s post is a short story by Margaret Reilly, who still misses the rink… ICE Margaret E. Reilly The blue-gray light of a winter afternoon came in through the windows that lined one wall of the 4th...
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Detective Story
True detective brings you a tale of mistaken identity… The Community Garden Plot We live in a town house with a tiny yard, if you can call it a yard, with a grand total of twelve square feet of garden,...
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Fiacre’s Fork
We visited the garden last week to look again at the plot and think about what would have to be done to get it ready for planting. Margie said we needed a pitchfork. Then we got to talking about the...
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Are We There Yet?
How many words should there be in a children’s novel? A scientific survey of one novel gave me the answer – 35,000. That was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl. If that is a good number...
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Cow Alert
I found this old CPR Train Identification Ticket on the street, in front of a house that was being cleaned out of a lot of junk, so I thought I would try to imagine what possible use it had…
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Santa’s Eagle
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. A Christmas tale with a Pacific Northwest theme… There was a chill in the air, and the pathway around the lake had patches of ice wherever a small rivulet ran out of the field...
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Man in Moon Says Happy New Year
the moon – 19:00 hrs PST, Dec 31, 2017 Wishing you all a happy healthy and prosperous 2018, from here on earth in Victoria BC Canada. Fisgard Lighthouse, Fort Rodd, Victoria BC, Canada
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Uncle Cedric
I saw an old lady today, shuffling along on a cane and an umbrella, accompanied by a dog that was keeping a few yards ahead, poking his nose at things with his tongue hanging out. After they passed I...
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HUGE TAX! NO SAVINGS!
Nathanguitars is pleased to announce that we caved in and paid to block those pesky ads that were despoiling the beauty of this blog. Sometimes my brain rearranges words in a form of temporary...
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I wrote this story for the Cold Hard Type project, but it didn’t get accepted, so here it is! ALIENS DON’T USE TYPEWRITERS ©D. J. Nathan 2018 I was sitting at the kitchen table with my morning tea when...
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Ciel the Blue Horse
At last the sequel to Sky the Blue Mouse, which the world has been clamouring for. In these times of trouble, woe and “whoa – don’t get too close to me buddy”, let your spirits have a lift by delving...
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Facit-nation
1961 Facit During my recent book writing I tested many typewriters here and came to the conclusion that the Facit and Halda typewriters were becoming my first choices. I was consequently thrilled last...
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A Walk in the Forest
Once upon a time there was a boy who lived beside a forest that was dark and smelled of skunk cabbage and was crawling with slugs that were a foot long and covered with sticky slime. This didn’t stop...
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