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How to stay busy
RETIREMENT
WATCH RERUNS OF OLYMPICS ON TVPAIRS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONS (900 A.D.)
Ragnar & Helga:Take home the gold.
Hormone & Steroid testing instituted.
Picture courtesy of Prof. Dennis Dittrich
TAKING GRANDKIDS TO ZOO
MORNING
TAKING GRANDKIDS TO ZOONOON
I’ve seen dead horses that looked livelier..
Unique Giraffe Anatomy
Ball and Socket joints
Cervical vertebrae ~ foot long
17 to 18 inch tongue
Front hooves nearly twiceAs large as rear hooves
I’m a docent at the zoo
Bone spur found—best example of oneSince I looked at a grizzly after a spat withHis mate.
DRIVING SON TO APPOINTMENTS
Son Tyler with a drain from his pericardium (heart)To the vial he’s holding.Chemo started 2 weeks
later. Healthy now, thoughstill on chemo.
Acute LymphoblasticLeukemia
When Wisconsin veterinarian Doc dies, his family learns that to inherit his fortune, they must decipher the cryptic codicil he added to his will—
“Take Doofus squirrel-fishing”
—and they can only do that by talking to Doc’s friends, reading Doc’s memoir, searching through Doc’s correspondence, and discovering clues around them.
AVAILABLE 21 OCTOBER
1. Expanding old family stories—book too short: 3 years
2. Summer extension classes at UW-Madison: 2 years
3. Search for a plot—they insisted I have one: 1 year
4. Rewriting / Revising ~ 25 times: 2 years
5. UW Critique: cut 3 chapters, add 2: 0.3 years
WRITING~8 YEARS
1. Searching for an agent / publisher: 3 years
2. 1st Publisher goes bust; find a new one: 1 year
3. Editing, cover design, proof reading: 0.8 years
4. Competition: 2,800 New Titles in English daily
5. Marketing: Never ends
GETTING PUBLISHED
October 22, Interview WI Public Radio 11:00--11:45
Launch party, Omaha, NE
Book Signings & EventsSpring Green, WI, Arcadia Books, October 25,
Marshfield, WI, Book World, October 31,
La Crosse, WI, Barnes & Noble, October 30,
Wausau, WI, Janke Book Store, November 2,
Lincoln, Indigo Bridge, November 17,
Seward NE, Chapters Books & Gifts, November 21,
Omaha, NE, The Book Worm, November 22,
Madison, WI, Mystery To Me, Spring 2016:
EVENTS
SCRIBBLING II
Publication: May 2016
Veterinary virologist Jason can’t keep his mouth shut, can’t lie convincingly, and can’t follow orders. So why does the CIA hire him to find and destroy a deadly hybrid virus stolen from Jason’s lab at the University of Minnesota? From Washington to Djibouti, from Minneapolis to Yemen, Marines cringe, Senators turn livid, and Agents shudder as Jason struggles to keep the virus out of the hands of jihadists.
A JERK, A JIHAD, AND A VIRUS
Anthology of short stories and essays,
fiction and creative non-fiction2018
SCRIBBLING III ??