Government agent, registered nurse, writer, photographer and so much more. My diary will be about what is of interest to me at the time that I'm writing it. I think there will be a lot about the novel that I'm writing as well. If you are a writer I could use the encouragement and help. Feel free to comment.

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It needs to be a novel!

May 14, 2018
Over the weekend I sent my short story about time travel and the end of the world to a friend who is an editor. It's the same story that I had submitted to a contest and was rejected.  She loved the story and is doing an edit for me but she feels the book has…
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Recent Entries

  • When Everyone Knows Your Name
    April 12, 2018
    Yesterday I was at a grant writing workshop in the County next to where I live. Five people in the class. Another person I have seen around before in EMS circles but didn't know her by name. We do the class introduction thing and then after lunch she blurts out, "Now I remember where I…
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  • In Death’s Shadow I walk
    April 6, 2018
    The calls come at all hours of the day and night. The phone number that comes up on the caller ID is a familiar one. The question is always the same. My answer is always the same, "I'll be there within 30 minutes."  There is no rush except that the police officers are standing around…
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  • The Craft of Writing
    April 5, 2018
    I've written about the book I have started writing and I've struggled with it. How to make things connect, make it compelling and interesting... just like all writers do with their books.  Now one would think that I have a degree in English or writing or some other related field.  Um. No.  I've t...
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  • Facebook & Memes
    March 29, 2018
    I mindlessly log onto to Facebook to try and catch up with friends, see where they have been and what they are doing, instead I'm bombarded with comments and memes about guns, Trump, abortion, mocking the Parkland kids and more.  While all of those things are disturbing enough what really bothers...
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  • My Return is Official
    March 28, 2018
    I took the plunge and got the one year membership so I'm back into my account. I'll start posting more frequently now. Someone asked if I am the same Crossman from the old OD. Yes, I am. I've made some more inquiries and it seems my book idea (female messiah) has interest from almost everyone&hel...
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  • My Novel
    February 7, 2018
    I mentioned in the last entry that I had a book that was burning to come out. It's been years that it's been in my mind and over a year since the word vomit of a first draft. Today I started doing a good outline and using some of the advice that I found online.…
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  • Road to Authorship
    February 6, 2018
    I'm always looking around for ways to get better at writing. As I mentioned in my last entry, writing is not something I've been formally trained in. The closest I came was taking English II at college and my professor encouraged me to keep writing as she thought my essay on Emily Dickinson was r...
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  • An Author I Must Become
    February 3, 2018
    Have you ever had a burning desire to do something? One that nags at you week after week, month after month? There is a story in my head. It's been there for years. It's grown, fermented, tugging at my soul as it begs for release. Part of the story has come out. I completed some…
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  • Goodbye OD – Prosebox
    January 28, 2014
     If there is anyone out there who wants to find out where I land, e-mail me at sandor.aquila@gmail.com. Nursing boards are on 3/4/14.  I'm now Crossman on Prosebox.net  
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