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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: March 2015
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Cancer is scary. Hours in a chemo chair with poison dripping in your veins is hard. It is a little less scary and chemo is just a little easier because of the Cake Angel. For signed copies of books by Tom Collins, go to the TomCollinsAuthor.com. Unsigned print and ebook editions are available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online bookstores. For an audio edition of The Claret Murders. Go to http:/ amzn.com/B00IV5ZJEI. Published by I-65 North, Inc. Posted by Tom Collins.
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: We Were Robbed!
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Monday, May 25, 2015. Once we moved, we told the contractor, “Thank you but we will take it from here.”. Oops, the money was gone. So were three of my wife’s rings that were also in that basket including her 53 year old wedding band. Now getting nervous, I checked where I kept my watches and rings. Two very special rings were gone —. A 22ct gold David Yurman piece with the image of a horse in black jade and a second gold ring with a carnelian carved by the German artist, Manfred Wild. Works by the Author.
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: May 2015
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Monday, May 25, 2015. Once we moved, we told the contractor, “Thank you but we will take it from here.”. Oops, the money was gone. So were three of my wife’s rings that were also in that basket including her 53 year old wedding band. Now getting nervous, I checked where I kept my watches and rings. Two very special rings were gone —. A 22ct gold David Yurman piece with the image of a horse in black jade and a second gold ring with a carnelian carved by the German artist, Manfred Wild. My email, Facebook ...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα. The above ancient Greek text translates as "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." A surprising number of fables and modern stories have been inspired by this bit of text attributed to Archilochus. Jim Collins even included a version of one in his book Good to Great. Collins explains it this way:. 8220;Picture two animals: a fox and a hedgehog. Which are you? With the minimum resources. And Doing Things Right.
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: September 2014
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Monday, September 29, 2014. Can an enemy win by losing? What would you think of a story were a militarily advanced industrial society, MAIS, is pitted against a non-industrialized cult enemy? Let us call them The Cult. The Cult’s generals have identified the MAIS’s military might as their weakness. Tactically, The Cult commits acts so abhorrent to civilized mores that the MAIS is compelled to attack, and attack and attack. What do you think? Does this seem believable? Does it make a good story? In additi...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: 2nd & Church review of The Language of Excellence
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Sunday, January 11, 2015. 2nd and Church review of The Language of Excellence. The current issue of the literary magazine, 2nd and Church. Includes a review of my book The Language of Excellence. By talented author and distinguished business leader Gary Slaughter. Is a literary journal by, for, and about writers and readers throughout the United States. The publication’s goal is to be inclusive of many different types of writers and writing. To have a review in 2nd and Church. Go to http:/ amzn.com/B...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: July 2014
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014. It is vacation time, and if you are planning to drive to your vacation spot, listening to a good book while traveling will make the time seem to go faster. Between now and August 31, 2014, you can purchase the CD edition of the audio version of The Claret Murders. For the flat price of $24.00 with free shipping. You can purchase the CD version from my online store. Just click on purchase now. Or to keep it very simple, just email me tom.collins@i65n.com. And the newest mystery, The...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: Our Next President
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Saturday, January 10, 2015. Will the next president be a “problem solver”? Years of interviewing candidates for leadership positions have taught me. One thing: Never hire someone who describes their strength as problem solving. People who spend their time solving problems never seem to run out of problems to solve. Nor has solving a problem ever added value. At best things are just returned to where they should have been to start with. Go to http:/ amzn.com/B00IV5ZJEI. Published by I-65 North, Inc. Mark ...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: August 2014
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Monday, August 4, 2014. Winners—No Losers at Book Signing. The book signing event at the Franklin Art Crawl on Friday, August 1st,. Was a great success. A good many fans stopped by the signing location at the law firm of Stites and Harbison that is located in historic downtown Franklin at 604 West Main Street. In addition, an impressive number of new mystery readers purchased their first Mark Rollins adventure—a signed hardcover copy or the new audio edition. She has been cast in the upcoming productions...
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Tom Collins Author Official Blog: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. What Do The Exceptional Do Differently? One question keeps coming up. People want to know what the successful among us do differently. Anyone can be accidently successful for some period of time—you can have your fifteen minutes of fame. Leave success to chance, however, and you are more likely to never reach your goals. They engage in the planning process. They set goals and objectives. They develop plans for achieving those goals. Go to http:/ amzn.com/B00IV5ZJEI. Reporter...
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