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Short Superman doesn’t know his own strength. He stands in the mirror stretching himself to his full height and wonders why his cape hangs limp across his shoulders. It should billow behind him.

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Fifty-five years of job reversals and mortgage payments all come down to this: a slow trickle of bargain hunters with their Penny-Savers, picking through a houseful of used furniture priced to move, each piece tagged with a little red sticker like a drop of blood with numbers penciled in, Read the rest of this entry »

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Character, conflict, emotional impact. And sentences! Everything you want in a novel, without one extra syllable.
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    Thank you so much, anhinga, but I wouldn't want to try it without the other 199. —David

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    All you need is 100 words to make an emotional impact. Touching.

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The pen name davidbdale honors my mother Beatrice (Bea) and my father Dale

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