HeyJaredBill Cusano
Bill Cusano's Substack is about telling stories that spark the imagination. I like to experiment, to challenge myself, and to have fun. I also like to read good stories and help people find them. I am a giver more than a taker.
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Excerpt from The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club: The Widow Murderess (opens the original)
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You may know Elcira from her Substack account, where she and her sisters conspire to try to control where the historical fiction mystery series goes. And you will definitely know Abigail Austin, who will be joining me for a live broadcast soon. But you don’t know Deborah. Deborah Townsend’s mother was a slave in service to Colonel Townsend at the time Deborah was born, which is right after the law changed so that Deborah could become a free woman upon reaching the age of twenty-one. Deborah was
The Road to Hope with Emmett Tatter (opens the original)
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At 72, I am Rewriting My Life (opens the original)
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I tend to wake up too early to enjoy the sunlight on my face in the first ten minutes of the day, so I need to sleep longer. Eight or nine hours works for me. Sure, I wake up a few times to pee, but I go back to bed. My cat doesn’t understand that but she will get used to me.I feed the cat while I make myself a cup of coffee and then I sit out on my balcony to enjoy the sunlight. The goal is to get an early boost of vitamin D and to set my circadian rhythms for the day. No one told me to do this
Michael Was Different (opens the original)
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Michael was different. But not different the way others are different. He didn’t look different, not really, though there were things that were different about his looks. But they weren’t the things that made him different. He just had a different way about him. Even the things about him that were the same as others were different overall, if you catch what I mean there. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iaJm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progres
I'm Not Alone; I Write (opens the original)
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I received an email this morning from a woman who told me she loves the main character in my book.<img alt="Screenshot from email" class="sizing-normal" height="91" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x9_S!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
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