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Pete Morin
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Diary of a Small Fish
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2011
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Full Irish
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2014
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Half Irish
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2015
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Words to Music
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2011
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Club Dues
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2012
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Recompense
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2013
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Uneasy Living
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2011
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Giving It Away
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2011
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Buried Treasure
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2012
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Tight Spots: Captivating short stories
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2013
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Conservatives and Impeachment, Through the Years
After an eighteen month absence from this blog, I expect you certainly might wonder, why this, why now?
It was all innocent enough. I finally got around to rummaging closely through my late father’s papers. Big old dusty accordion files of 1960’s-1970’s vintage, cloth bindings, legal size. Military records. His Harvard transcript (mostly Cs and Ds), his BU Law transcript (magna cum laude). Press cl
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“Beware of a client who's suing on principle and paying by the hour. He rarely gets his money's worth.”
― Diary of a Small Fish
― Diary of a Small Fish
“Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now, half of them are outselling Jackie Collins writing porn about the pool boy.
The other half are writing reviews of them."
[Surviving in the Amazon Jungle – How authors and reviewers can co-exist in a hostile environment (and run to court if they don’t), Blog post, March 20, 2014]”
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The other half are writing reviews of them."
[Surviving in the Amazon Jungle – How authors and reviewers can co-exist in a hostile environment (and run to court if they don’t), Blog post, March 20, 2014]”
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“Remember, we all make our work available in a commercial transaction, the terms of which we, ourselves, dictate. If we give it away for free, that’s our decision, and there is no refuge in the lame defense, “what do you want for nothing?” The buyer does not waive his right to express his opinion."
[Thick Skin and Bad Reviews, Blog post, June 26, 2013]”
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[Thick Skin and Bad Reviews, Blog post, June 26, 2013]”
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| The Mystery, Crim...: Jan/Feb 2012 Group Read: Diary of a Small Fish | 12 | 110 | Feb 19, 2012 07:20AM | |
| Mystery/Thriller ...: Bouchercon 2012, Day Four (Sunday) | 13 | 31 | Oct 19, 2012 03:10PM | |
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| Modern Good Reads: Readers Recommend a Mystery Book | 26 | 230 | Feb 24, 2016 04:09AM |
“The prospect of refreshment at the charges of another is an opportunity never to be neglected by men of clear commercial judgment.”
― The Mercy of Allah
― The Mercy of Allah
“Beware of a client who's suing on principle and paying by the hour. He rarely gets his money's worth.”
― Diary of a Small Fish
― Diary of a Small Fish
“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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“Remember, we all make our work available in a commercial transaction, the terms of which we, ourselves, dictate. If we give it away for free, that’s our decision, and there is no refuge in the lame defense, “what do you want for nothing?” The buyer does not waive his right to express his opinion."
[Thick Skin and Bad Reviews, Blog post, June 26, 2013]”
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[Thick Skin and Bad Reviews, Blog post, June 26, 2013]”
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Pete, love the hook at the beginning of your new novel (but I guess you've heard that one a bit.) ( :
Thanks for the friend request! (:And yeah, when OR makes you do something, you'd better do it. LOL. ;) /jk
Hi Cheri - I've asked to "claim" it already, but they must suspect I'm a fraud. I think they're doing a background check.;-)
My first fan! Ohhhhhhh!!!!!
Pete, you should make yourself an author page on Goodreads so I can be a fan!
Thanks - in the interest of full disclosure, that opening punch line (“but I never thought it was a federal crime") was a gift from someone else.
One of the great things about beta readers!