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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Hook: A Writer’s Secret Weapon
This begins a great period of tribulation. You have sat for days on ends, and far in the darkness…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Authors Showcase: Day of the Thrillers
The Book: A Bitter Veil The Author: Libby Fischer Hellman The Story: It all began with a line…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
When Authors Go Bad
Terry Smith had every great attribute that a novelist would ever want to possess. His mind was…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Home’s at the End of a Lonesome Road.
So this was the way life broke down for Kirby Truett, and it broke down more frequently…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Vonnegut Saga. So It Goes.
Just when you think you’ve said it all about Kurt Vonnegut Jr., you realize you haven’t. His…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Kurt Vonnegut Primer for Writers
Caleb Pirtle III presents advice for writers from the curious and madcap mind of Kurt Vonnegut,…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Majesty of the Mountains
Frank C. Etier knows well the high country of the Great Smoky Mountains. He lives among them….
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Authors Showcase: Fright Night
The Book: Be Still, My Love The Author: Deborah J. Hughes The Story: A personal loss throws…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
A Story of Alzheimer’s. A Story of Triumph
THE SICKLE’S COMPASS FREE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 12-13, ON KINDLE. Every generation has had…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
No Sex in the City
George McWhirter did what he could to ease the pain of his wife’s bitter and miserable life. He…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Authors Showcase: A World of Mystery
The Book: The Beautiful Evil The Author Robbi Bryant The Story:Neither Constance Sartone nor…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Good Reviews: A Writer’s Lifeline
Writer’s write. Authors publish. Successful authors sell. But in those strange, awkward,…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
When Writers Receive a Dear John Letter
It happens all of the time. You’re on top of the world. You’ve spent the past year doing…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Travel: The Key to Authentic Writing
Jez Gee is a freelance writer and author who has been on a number of walking holidays and activity…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Jack Kerouac Primer for Writers
Caleb Pirtle III explores the original genius of Jack Kerouac, the writer who became the undisputed…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Shades of Yesterday
Artist/photographer J Gerald Crawford was following the Natchez Trace Parkway when suddenly it…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Authors Showcase: Escape to Mystery
The Book: A Good Man The Author: Vanessa Morgan The Story: Loved Dexter and American Psycho?…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Our War: Memories, Nightmares, and Love
It is a great slab of stone from India, black, polished, and reflective in the early morning light…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
When God Writes A Novel
It all seems so simple now. The idea is good, solid, and makes a lot of sense. But I had never…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Game That Changed It All
It was just a game. That’s all. A bunch of grown men in short pants, shoving each other around,…
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