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Budding Writer, 1979: Potential for collaboration

Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps this was another lost opportunity. Not all ideas are good ideas, but if they’re good enough to write down, they’re worth following up on. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Potential for collaboration

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Howard FieldingMarch 26, 2023September 18, 20232 Comments
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Budding Writer, 1979: Transitions

Reading Time: 3 minutes Brian Clemens, Diana Rigg, Patrick MacNee, Sean Connery, even my friends Larry and Tex, are all gone now. Ars longa, vita brevis. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Transitions

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Howard FieldingMarch 18, 2023September 18, 20233 Comments
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Budding Writer, 1979: Turnabouts and Toppers

Reading Time: 3 minutes When we read the closing credits, we looked at each other and asked incredulously: “Based on the BOOK by … ?” Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Turnabouts and Toppers

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Howard FieldingFebruary 21, 2023September 19, 20233 Comments
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Budding Writer, 1979: Anothuh day, and anothuh, and anothuh

Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of us live our lives as “pantsers.” We don’t plot out things in advance. We fly by the seat of our pants. And sometimes the fabric wears a little thin. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Anothuh day, and anothuh, and anothuh

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Week in Review: Week 38

Reading Time: 3 minutes A rebranding, a new logo, two major milestones (one good, one bad), and a chance to get out from behind the desk. In all, making progress! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 38

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The curtain rises on a play

Reading Time: 4 minutes — WRITING LIFE — Wanting to trod the boards with playwright Henry Fielding, I take my story about Houdini and Margery to my first playwriting class. Continue reading The curtain rises on a play

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The battle between Doyle and Houdini spilled over into the newspapers as the committee closed in on the Margery case.
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Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill

Reading Time: 6 minutes – WRITING LIFE – A story with great characters, conflict, action, and humor dropped on my desk as an intern. What to do? Second in a series. Continue reading Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill

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Nothing up my sleeve…

Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life. Continue reading Nothing up my sleeve…

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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