Attribution: U. A. Saarinen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, has now lived for a day with the photo discovered by granddaughter Jessy showing him at a sanity hearing for Ed Gein at which Ed was the best dressed of all those in the courtroom, …
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Kickass and the Brewery
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the news with the keeper that the Schlitz Brewery is all done after 150 years of helping “Make Milwaukee famous.” The keeper joined the Milwaukee Journal staff way back when payola favors to reporters was in vogue and on the first Milwaukee Journal Christmas Eve the keeper …
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Kickass and Having a Book
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper joins Phylis in announcing that the keeper will no longer be working long hours on “Oh, The Women!” his novel about women saving the world from the ravishes of libido-driven men. It is finished, or “abandoned” in a form the …
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Kickass and Selling Books
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, with his limited interest in words–“Eat, nap, fetch, couch,” was not at the recent gathering of writers and readers at a west side retirement venue but got reports from the keeper and Phyllis who were there along with writers Geoff and Jerry. This meant writers, …
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Geoffrey Carter’s New Best Mystery List on Shepherd.com
A great way to find new reads and new authors The Shepherd.com Website: My New Best Mystery List
Kickass and Deadlines
Attribution: Cbaile19, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, acknowledges the keeper noting that for most of his long column-writing life he has been burdened with coming up with subject matter for a message to readers. There were many close calls when failure seemed inevitable, and then something would occur to …
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Kickass and Sleeping Fish
Attribution: Pos, Robert H, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog reports that on one of his “past patrols” the keeper recalled the days when newspaper make-up was done by hand, by linotype operators who used innocuous filler items to lock in a page for …
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Kickass Visits Jerry and Mary Davis
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the tradition of “country copy” reporting whereby visits and personal events are duly noted and commented on, “The keeper and Phyllis were drop-in guests at the magnificent prairie and natural gardens of Jerry and Mary Davis near Barneveld where a …
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Kickass and Blind Sunset Viewer
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper and all those who raved about the incredibly colorful sunset of 7/9/24; and in keeping with the feeding of his out-of-control writer’s ego, the keeper remembers a fan letter from a Milwaukee Journal reader after the keeper wrote a column …
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Kickass and The “Wombers”
Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the keeper appreciates Phyllis’s enthusiasm in joining him in celebrating the completion of a first draft of his 78,000 word novel—working title “The Wombers” which is plotted around the take-over of everything by women fed up with how it has been under male …
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Kickass and Newspaper Columnist Appreciation Day
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’ appreciation to George Hesselberg for the reminder that yesterday—Apr. 18 was the anniversary of Ernie Pyle’s death—1945 by enemy sniper, and was thus chosen to be an annual newspaper columnist appreciation day. Pyle, of course, was the premier WWII newspaper columnist, …
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The Pen in Hand Blog Presents The Writer’s Corner
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Latest Publications, News, and Commentary for Authors and Readers Manuals of Style By Geoff Carter New books are flooding the market like never before. Since self-publishing has become a viable alternative to traditional publishing, it seems everyone is writing that novel lurking inside of them—or learning how. The teaching …
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