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Ray Zimmerman IRS knocks on the door of your new house purchased with insurance.
All of your records were destroyed by the fire at your old house.
Ray Zimmerman I would rather travel to the worlds of nonfiction. Here are a few choices:
Shey Gompa as described in The Snow Leopard.
The Arctic world presented by Barry Lopez in Arctic Dreams.
The Antarctic described in End of the Earth by Peter Matthiessen.
Ray Zimmerman It was sent to.me as a question, but that is fine. Thanks to you for the friend Category also. Goodreads is an important literary networking resource.
Ray Zimmerman I have decided that the news and nonfiction I read has become a rut for me, a depressing rut. I plan to read commedy so I can laugh more. I have read Lysisrtrata and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and I hope to read more of the Commedies of Aristophanes and Shakespeare this summer.
Ray Zimmerman Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead are my favorite fictional couple. They manage to struggle through, despite the fact that they often get it wrong. Also, the cartoonist showed no partiality in humor aimed at both male and female characters.
Ray Zimmerman The product is your own and it is all up to you.
Ray Zimmerman Writers block results from lack of confidence. Work on another project. I have several going at once on my laptop.
Ray Zimmerman Nature is my muse. I sit at a table on my porch which faces a woodlot alive with Crows, Woodpeckers, Squirrels, and even an occasional bald eagle. I take notebooks with me when hiking and bird watching. I also read the best of the best writers. I just reread Walden by Henry David Thoreau and I am rereading the travel journals of Matsuo Basho (1644 to 1694).
Ray Zimmerman Write every day. The environment in which you write is important. Read The Writing Life by Annie Dillard and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.
Ray Zimmerman I am compiling a collection of poems, essays, and feature articles. Most of the work is previously published in periodicals, but it needs to be edited and updated.
Ray Zimmerman I wrote the book while recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery. I published it because someone suggested it would benefit others facing the process. The book is a journey from terror to healing.

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