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Up From Clay, Part II

January 31, 2012

Most of Up From Clay, my novel-in-progress, is written in the present tense, but in some chapters I reflect on past occurrences. In this blog, I want to share a chapter from the book. The main character, Mike, is thinking about a past occurrence, namely the day he was...

Up From Clay, Part I

January 2, 2012

The manuscript I have intermittently labored over for almost 18 years is titled Up From Clay. I chose the title to convey the idea that human beings have feet of clay, but they constantly strive to improve themselves, to move up from a debased condition toward somethin...

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