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So when I first published my novel a while back, I totally half-assed the cover. I had no idea what I wanted it to look like. I had no skills to create anything pretty. And I just wanted to get it out in the world ASAP. I explained it away as “It’s about the writing… [...]

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In a habit learned as a kid, I gently tap my boot against the frozen puddle. It cracks. A little. Dark water creeps up around every edge. A little. I have other things to do right now. A daily mission. A familial obligation. It doesn’t take me very long. I don’t deserve any credit for [...]

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Sometimes at night, when I can’t sleep, I grab my phone and use Google Sky Map to peer into the cosmos. Snuggled under thick blankets in a cold, dark room, I point my phone in various directions. Reading. Memorizing. Feeling all at once small and excited. I catch myself smiling in those wee hours. Ashley [...]

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swagger doesn’t age well i’ve noticed you have too even if you’ve never thought about it really it gets replaced in the secure held on to by the insecure confidence has to become more selfless i suppose i don”t know i’m just one man thinking it takes a lot of energy to put on the [...]

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Hi. Since there have been some new visitors lately, I thought I’d post a little recap of the past 1064 posts. I’m Peter. I write novels. (Can also be found in the iBookstores!) I have a charming and lovely girlfriend. I have the adorably cutest niece ever. Sometimes I write humourous snippets. Sometimes I write letters [...]

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There’s a certain permanence to ink on paper, you know. A certain reality. A truth. You can cross it out, friend, but it is still there. The more you scratch, the more you say. You can crumple. You can discard. But the words remain. They are part of the paper now. You can burn it. [...]

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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I dig The West Wing.  And that I enjoy understatements. The Delightful One and I have been watching it for the past week. She’d never seen a single episode before. I… I didn’t even know that was possible. How awesome is it [...]

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Hello, lovely ladies of the internet. Due to the overwhelming (relative) success (ish) of my famous “How to Treat a Woman” post, I have decided to bring you… How to Treat a Man. Basically I can sum it up in one word: Fairly. There you go. Thanks for reading. Until the next time… Oh. Wait. [...]

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