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Donald N.S. Unger

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Environmental Issues, Gender Issues, Humor and Comedy

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Assembling something of a hodge podge here, I guess:

"Scholarly" Book on Gender & Fathering

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Collected Humor Pieces
Collected Short Fiction
Collected Essays on Sustainability Issues

A "Pulp" Trilogy ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Donald N.S. Unger Obviously, people get “blocked.” But, for the most part, I don’t think we really write “voluntarily,” any more than we eat, sleep, or excrete voluntar…moreObviously, people get “blocked.” But, for the most part, I don’t think we really write “voluntarily,” any more than we eat, sleep, or excrete voluntarily. I’m talking about myself here first and foremost, so I don’t mean this to be nasty, glib, or dismissive. But, really? For a slice of people, we can’t NOT write. And I suspect this is true of “artists” of all stripes. Maybe that’s music or the visual arts; maybe it’s gardening or—for some—the practice of medicine (why do they name some structures “Medical Arts” buildings, after all?).

I’d guess the vast majority of humans get “stuff stuck in their heads.”

For some of us, the “noise” of what gets stuck there just needs to be expelled.

It’s “published,” whatever we think that means this week? Maybe . . .
Anyone outside our immediate circle of friends and family (and even there . . .) notices or cares? Not the best bet to make.

It’s profitable? Hah!

But we need to get it out.

I understand, of course, that there’s also “working on deadline,” whether that’s a poem, a short story, a newspaper piece, or your doctoral dissertation. In those situations I think our greatest enemy is our own egocentric conviction that “if I only wait . . . forever, I’ll be able to get it perfect,” which almost always translates into getting nothing done--ever.

I doubt that "Dare to be Bad!" is a slogan likely to be stolen any time soon. But I think misguided perfectionism is one of the primary building blocks of writer's block. And . . . we put it in place ourselves.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Donald N.S. Unger Self-Initiated Cerebral De-Congestion.

What a privilege!…moreSelf-Initiated Cerebral De-Congestion.

What a privilege!(less)

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	Cannibalistic Sexbots from Space: The Full Trilogy 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Men Can: The Changing Image and Reality of Fatherhood in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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 New Yorker Didn’t Want You to Read These: [Mostly] Work Rejected by “Shouts & Murmurs” it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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	Talking Across the Lines of Gender, Race, and Class: The New England Fathering Conference Turns Twenty it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Bramford Chronicles, Book I Johnny & Baby Jumbo by Nick Zwirblia

Giving away fifty copies:

The Bramford Chronicles, Book I: Johnny & Baby Jumbo

Also have a video trailer for the book (in which I get to play a hobo):

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