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Growing up in a three bed/one bath house with nine siblings in Buffalo, New York was a just the facts, assembly-line type of childhood. However, one day in the late seventies, well into my clamorous teen years, that all changed when my exhausted mom uncharacteristically asked several probing questions about how I was doing, what I wanted of life and how I was going to get there... totally confounding me. She was supposed to dish out commands and make declarative statements: ...take out the trash ...don’t come home unless you’re bleeding; ...every time you masterbate it’s a hundred-years in purgatory. Not ask me to articulate inward looking, reflective questions about myself. Self-examination and contemplation, was light years beyond my tra ...more

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P.A. Kane With my first novel and the book I'm working on now writer's block hasn't been much of an issue. In both cases I've had basic outline in my head of wh…moreWith my first novel and the book I'm working on now writer's block hasn't been much of an issue. In both cases I've had basic outline in my head of where I wanted to go, but that doesn't mean I didn't run into road blocks and dead ends. They were constant. When this happens the first thing I do is grind a bit with the language. If that doesn't work I step away and get a cup of coffee, pet the dog, fold laundry. Kind of do a soft reboot. Sticking to this process things eventually work out.(less)

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P.A. Kane I'm a middle aged guy coming to the end of his first career. It is a time of uncertainty for many people in my shoes. Writing gives me purpose every d…moreI'm a middle aged guy coming to the end of his first career. It is a time of uncertainty for many people in my shoes. Writing gives me purpose every day, which is so essential as people like me taking that long walk on the downward side of the bell curve.(less)

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