Author does things the old-fashioned way
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After spending a decade writing his first novel, author Peter Quinn hoped to speed up the process on its follow-up.
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Unlike hunting, I was not raised fishing. My family owned a set of hand-me-down rods from someone who might have fished at one point. The rods themselves are classics, but in hopeless condition. By todays standards, they are antiques. The body of the rod I prefer to use is laminated wood, and the guides are rusted and have a tendency to grab the line. At one point they may have been proud shining brass. The reel was a mess, and for the longest time the whole rig sat inside my parents shed. Fishing was something we did on weekends, in stocked ponds, for fish that never knew better. One day when helping my father clean things up, I stumbled across the old rod which no-one had used in a decade and got a crazy idea: I was going to take up fishing.
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Some habits aren't meant to be broken.
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Getting a book published isn't the rarefied literary feat it once was.
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One of the interesting and unusual things about writing a book like this, in serial form, is that you really never know what you&#39;re going to write about along the`way.
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The old-fashioned letter is far from dead, especially during the holidays.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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An authorâs throwback view on the culture of casual sex among young women is under fire.
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Great American author, bankrupt by 59. Learn from his mistakes.
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By Bill Oldfeild  I was taught to knit as a child by my grandmother. I must have been about five or six-years-old.   It wasn't terribly successful in that the result was just one grey scarf.
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Although the pricey gadget provides a pleasurable way to enjoy literature, don't throw away your paper books just yet. By Tom Bentley.
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Where do old novels go when they're out of print? Mostly they moulder in used book stores or get boxed away in basements. But sometimes, on the rarest of occasions, they see new life.
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By Mike Dougherty, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 22--thingsthatwere.blogspot.com   I love old stuff, and this blog has scads of pix of old stuff that once was. Some of it is still around. Lots of it isn't or is in a serious state of disrepair. Pretty cool stuff. Check it out.
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A Russian province goes for a youth infusion the old-fashioned way.
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The composer and musician shares his stylish essentials.
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In the latest Book 2.0 dust-up, a startup helps bloggers self-publish in hardcover. Is it just vanity publishing, or a warning shot for an old-fashioned industry? By Jeff MacIntyre.
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Whether you enjoy card playing and dice rolling or not, this book will make interesting reading.