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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: The Twin

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Saturday, January 17, 2015. The next of my novels I'd like to discuss is titled The Twin. I was "inspired" to research and write this one after watching a BBC documentary on Jesus of Nazareth and his possible connection to India. As the research went on, it was somewhat amazing how the pieces fell into place. From a craft perspective, this novel was a bit more complex. Kevin St. Jarre. September 27, 2015 at 7:47 PM. Is this out in print? Sounds like it needs to be on my list of read very soon books.

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: Baseball

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015. I have always loved baseball. Since I was very little, I was told by everyone how great I was at baseball. A real natural talent. I've worked hard at it my whole life. I've practiced on my own. In the early morning, in the middle of the night. I've practiced countless hours, sometimes 10 hours per day. I've watched others play for innumerable hours, paying attention to every detail. I want to pitch for the Boston Red Sox. Nothing less. That's the goal. But that would NOT be pitchin...

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: To Whom and Why?

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Saturday, October 20, 2012. To Whom and Why? I'm deeply interested in researching decision-making and behavior given extreme stressors, including fear and time-pressures, and how those decisions are impacted by the verbal input of those around us. A few of several questions would be- To whom will we listen when we fear for our lives, or the lives of others, and we have only seconds to decide? For whom will we surpress our own instinctual reactions in a crisis? Kevin St. Jarre. October 20, 2012 at 8:47 PM.

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: To Write Organically...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. When someone tells you they write organically, that is a pleasant way of saying they really don't outline in advance and that they like to let the story lead them. Unless you think the entire "organic" thing has been co-opted by ADM and major supermarket chains and the like, because then it probably is less pleasant for you. Did I really add a that to my novel? I mean, why not just have the Fonz jump sharks while waterskiing? As I sit at the computer and start writing, I gla...

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: So this whole YA thing...

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Thursday, July 2, 2015. So this whole YA thing. Young Adult fiction just kept coming up. I don't mean the new book sales. I don't mean one agent after another who said they were actively looking for YA. I mean readers. Smart adults, that I admire, reading YA. Now, I admit, I was skeptical. Why would educated, erudite adults, all clearly smarter than I, be reading YA? It is also true that most YA, actually I could find no exception, features a main character between the ages of 14 and 18. I realized that ...

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: Allan Hale Jr.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015. This morning I learned from an old friend that one of our dear and mutual friends has passed away, Feb 3, after a battle with cancer. Last July, when I was living in NH for the summer, Allan Hale emailed me:. So you're in Groton? I'd like to meet you sometime for a beer! I live in Laconia now. I haven't been on email lately, I was out the last several work days . . . Just got back to work today. Let me know when a good time for you is. We didn't get that beer. Now, we won't.

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: Right off the tracks

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Saturday, December 14, 2013. Right off the tracks. I've been working on my latest novel. It has a working title meant as a joke, but I've tried changing it and I can't yet. It's titled Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle. Yeah, I know, but it's only a working title. Hopefully, I won't make the same mistakes going forward. I hope I can recapture what I had going. I'm hoping the little voice returns today and helps me, whispering that same story into my ear. If not, I'll be sad about the story I lost because I...

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: If not a Peter Pan, at least be an Eeyore

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Friday, July 17, 2015. If not a Peter Pan, at least be an Eeyore. We often hear, "Well, they think I'm a jerk, but if they knew the real. There is the private inner "me" which is the sum of my experiences. My experiences inform my hopes, dreams, fears, and thoughts. This inner private "me" is the one I sometimes think is the real. Me However, it is no more real than the other me. If a person believes his private "me" is a good person, and others generally perceive him to be a wonderful person, then he is...

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NORTH OF EVERYTHING: Saving Moira

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Monday, January 19, 2015. My current work in progress has the working title Saving Moira. And the first draft will run short. I believe a novel should really hit the 70k word mark at the very least, and this novel's first draft will end well short of that. This only means I have the room to go back through and weave an additional subplot through it, but I don't know yet what that will be. The bank auctioned off the property, and Christopher was resigned to leaving the house with only their dog and a few ...