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Robert Bruce Cormack

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in Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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http://www.robertbcormack.com

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Humor and Comedy, Contemporary, Fiction

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Robert Bruce Cormack spent 36 years in advertising before writing his novel "You Can Lead a Horse to Water (But You Can't Make It Scuba Dive) "http://skyhorsepublishing.com" His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines including Rosebud "http://www.rsbd.net/NEW/index.php" and "Voices," an anthology of short stories put out by the Writers Institute of New York. Robert appeared on the masthead of Rosebud Magazine #38 along with Ray Bradbury and Jewel. In 1993, a cubist sculpture of his advertising campaign for The Globe and Mail newspaper appeared at The Art Gallery of Ontario. Robert's first novel takes place in Chicago, his favourite city because the river flows the wrong way. "It seemed like the perfect place," he says, "since mos ...more

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Robert Bruce Cormack I heard it day by day, night by night, the slight but distinct pounding, like the beating of a heart. As it grew with my fears, driving me to pull up …moreI heard it day by day, night by night, the slight but distinct pounding, like the beating of a heart. As it grew with my fears, driving me to pull up the floorboards, splintering wood, until I saw with my own eyes the horrible creature lurking down below in a shallow hole, the water around it murky and fetid, and to my wonder I knew it as only someone so intimate could know a sump pump.(less)

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Robert Bruce Cormack I'd go to Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree," and give that kid a spanking.…moreI'd go to Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree," and give that kid a spanking.(less)

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	You Can Lead a Horse to Water 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Write What Doesn't Exist.

“You’re always searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don’t exist.” David Bowie

David Bowie went through many incarnations in his career, some tongue-in-cheek, some furiously awkward, some giving hints of his early demise. When asked who he really was, he said “I have no idea. I’m searching like everyone else. I just do it more publically.”

For Bowie, writing music was like findi Read more of this blog post »

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