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Everyone assumes we’re using AI (opens the original)
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I have tried to write this newsletter several times, but circumstances have prevented it. Many of our authors are continuing to participate in bookstore events. We are releasing several more books this fall including the much-anticipated, Living Florilegium anthology exploring the act of human creation in the AI age. And we are getting ready for a variety of events at the Easton Book Festival, a mere two weeks away.I got an email last week that surprised me— the copyright registration system at
Welcome to our wild, wild ride (opens the original)
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I have been dreading this week.We all have those weeks. The crazy ones. The busy ones. The overscheduled ones. Or maybe just the weeks with the extra homework, the big exam, or the office meetings.For me?I overscheduled this week. But as I am fond of saying— It wasn’t my fault. I schedule my annual doctors’ appointments in the fall, and periodically my annual physical with my primary care provider and my annual gynecologist exam fall in the same week. On Sunday night, I attended a last-minute Zo
Gazing forward (opens the original)
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Here we are.September 11, 2026.The 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Twin Towers, plane crash in Western Pennsylvania and attack on the Pentagon. What a strange day that was— and what a time in history.I was in the newsroom that morning, and all the government meetings I was scheduled to attend that day got canceled. It was Darrell Parry’s birthday, and I don’t remember if we had plans. We were living of the Southside of Easton, Pa. And we ended up walking around… a lot… not sure what to d
More bookstore adventures (opens the original)
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Yesterday, my art director and I took a mini-road trip to The Velvet Spine in West Reading, Pa. The bookstore specializes in “books for a darker state of mind” in the genres of horror, thriller, dark romance, true crime, and fantasy.Gayle and I were wonderfully surprised to see a busy and vibrant downtown in West Reading. Gayle was also excited to find a Eureka vacuum cleaner ghost sign. When we entered the small shop, there were people in there buying books. Visit their website here.The vibes o
Whatever you do, do it with enthusiasm (opens the original)
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I often hear people lament that they commit themselves to tasks they don’t enjoy. This saddens me— because life is too short for wasting time, and because success doesn’t count if what it takes to get there makes you miserable.Sometimes we are trapped in jobs we hate, or we can’t afford to move out of a living situation. But many times, we do it to ourselves.So, if you can’t stand the book you bought on a whim, don’t finish reading it. If you serve on a board that drains you far beyond whatever
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