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Writing Newsletter Second Quarter 2026

The big news for thisquarter is I republished my story “Enigma.” It had been published years ago ona site, but after X months without sales, the rights reverted back to me. And then it sat on my hard drive for over adecade until I finally got around to dusting it off and polishing it up.My story for this quarterwas “Want To,” which I managed to publish on the last day of the

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	A Man of Few Words 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 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
	Brain for Rent and other stories 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	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
	Political Pies 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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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	The All-You-Can-Read Buffet 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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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	Rise 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

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message 2: by Maureen

May 25, 2011 06:04PM

Thanks for adding me as a friend on Goodreads! I hope you'll take a look at my books and add them on your to-be-read list! I look forward to reading your book reviews on Goodreads!

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message 1: by Beth

May 25, 2011 01:04PM

Hi Stephen,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case, To Hell in a Handbasket, and the recently released Deadly Currents, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for free mystery books, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth

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