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A recent Newsweek headline: U.S. MILITARY PLANS CYBORG SOLDIERS WITH NEW DARPA PROJECT DARPA announced its intentions of eventually building a chip no larger than one cubic centimeter, or two nickels stacked back to back, that can be implanted in the brain. The chip would act as a neural interface by converting electrochemical signals sent by neurons in the brain into the ones and zeros

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The Artful Edit: On the practice of editing yourself ©2007 by Susan Bell To date, the best book on editing, and maybe the art and craft of writing, I’ve read. Strengths: Not pedantic – stresses that each writer will need to find what works for her Lays out techniques, provides examples and studies Discusses general editing concepts (macro vs micro editing) and offers a “Diagnostic Checklist”

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Part Two of Perfect draws to a close with publication of Perfect, Episode Forty ♦ Howling Wind I hope you've enjoyed reading Perfect. Part Three is planned for 2015 - please use the "Follow on" links to the right to be notified when the next episode is available. It's also important to thank a few people for their help in bringing you Part Two. I'm indebted to my friendly librarian Judith

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Anita's been a bit moody, but now it's time for change. Perfect, Episode Thirty-nine ♦ Harvest Festival

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Has another fortnight gone by? Am I really publishing the thirty-eighth episode of Perfect, editing the thirty-ninth, and tweaking the first full draft of episode forty - the biggest cliff hanging, Part Two closing, season finishing, OMG ending for 2014? Yes. All around, the answer is yes. I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed by the enormity of it all, but pretty excited and pleased. So this week George

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Published today Perfect, Episode Thirty-seven ♦ The Meeting

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Published the new episode of Perfect yesterday. Catch up on what's happening to George and Anita on their quest to find Red Cloud. Did Willem send them the clues? Is he in Red Cloud? Will they stay or hit the road again? Enjoy the next episode today! Perfect, Episode Thirty-six ♦ Carl Marpole Only four episodes remain in Part Two of Perfect and I promise Episode Forty will be big - not longer

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George and Anita are almost there! After a rescue by some good folk from the town of Friorby, they've set off on the last leg of their journey. Across half the continent, they're in the middle of the Great North American Wilderness Park (GNAWP) - the depopulated area between the Mississippi River and the Sierra Nevadas & Cascades. But just as man is part of nature, there are people living in

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It's still Tuesday, 5 August in Alaska when I posted this, right? Well then, here's the next episode of Perfect, ready for you to read online: Perfect, Episode Thirty-four ♦ Black Miners Or maybe you prefer to read this episode as a PDF file? You may also download all episodes currently available in a single PDF. Enjoy!

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I'm happy to announce that a new episode is available on my website. Perfect, Episode Thirty-three ♦ Well Water

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If you use Google Analytics, you may have seen "semalt.semalt.com" as a source of some of your web traffic. Depending on how much traffic you get to your site, these visits from Semalt's crawler might skew your stats. If you don't like that, there's a simple solution: Go to http://semalt.com/project_crawler.php Add your URLs in the form provided at the bottom of the page  Click the

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Now available Perfect, Episode Thirty-two ♦ The Fork Please let me know if you enjoy Perfect. Leave a comment below or visit Perfect's Facebook page.

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Now available Perfect, Episode Thirty-one ♦ Another View Sorry for the delay, but it just wasn't ready for publication yesterday as planned. Thanks for your continued support.

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Now available Perfect, Episode Thirty ♦ The Ferryman

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George and Anita are spending some time with their new friend Clearie in Saint Jo near the Missouri River. Both Anita and George are trying to figure out what to do next. They could stay in Saint Jo, but there is always the final outstanding clue ‘My pioneers. West. Find me under a red cloud.’ Now available Perfect, Episode Twenty-nine ♦ Saint Jo

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Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course by Jerry Cleaver Strengths: Offers a complete, easy-to-follow methodology for writing a story that will probably sell – from first page to publication. Offers a plan for fitting writing into your busy lifestyle (Ch 12) Examines why writers get blocked and what to do about it (Ch 15) Includes plenty of exercises to get you writing and thinking

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Last time George was introduced to his new best friend: a twelve gauge, double barrel coach gun. Kent and Eetu headed north for supplies leaving George on guard duty. Long past their promised return, George heard someone approaching from the west. Now available: Perfect, Episode Twenty-eight ♦ Failed Test

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Perfect, Episode Twenty-seven ♦ Twelve Gauge Out on the plains, George meets a new, best friend. Can he use it when he needs to? Curious about the hardware? Don’t know what a coach gun is or how it differs from a shotgun? Check out the Stoeger Coach Gun Supreme (good photo, just copyright protected), Cowboy Action Shooting or there is ALWAYS Wikipedia! (the above photo taken by “Commander

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Every writer has loathed the phrase "show don't tell" at some point in developing the craft. It can be one of the harder skills to master - but it takes so long to show something when I can just tell the reader what's happening. True. Writers need to balance many things, and yes, moving the story along is one of those things. Just don't do it at the expense of your reader's connection with

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George and Anita are leaving Hannibal. Find out where they are going next and how they will get there in Perfect, Episode Twenty-six ♦ Night Riders

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Finally! It's ready and available online. My apologies for the delay - had some personal issues that put me behind a couple of days. Friday postings didn't seem to attract many readers. I'm looking to see how posting on a Wednesday pans out. After today, I'm planning to post every other Tuesday starting on 15 April 2014. BTW, learn about the necklace in the photo here. So, let's catch up

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I'm holding Episode 25 back for a couple days. Didn't think publishing on Fridays was working as well as I hoped. Look for it instead on 1 or 2 April. Thanks for the interest!

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Now that George and Anita are settling into a new life in Hannibal, it's time to make some sense out of the clues, "Beware of hucksters. Find Sid & Mary after church. Where Samuel played." and "Be cautious. In Hannibal. Like Tabeau wrote of York." It's more fun in the future historic town - or is that historic future town? - of Hannibal on the Mississippi. With guest cameos from beloved

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Perfect is now listed on the Web Fiction Guide, a great site to access all kinds of story-related fiction, available to read online, all free to read.

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