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Author of The Things of Heaven and Earth

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    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 6

    In the preceding posts, I’ve written that running is an addiction, and it’s true; it’s an addiction so strong that it can kick a nicotine addiction’s ass and “run” it the hell out of town – for good. Inherent in

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 26, 2020December 9, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 5

    I’ll spare you long descriptions of the in-between parts of this journey, the physical symptoms brought on by panic attacks, which tell the mind that the panic is about some kind of real health crisis. Or crises, more like. There

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 20, 2020November 26, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 4

    Smoking is ritual, and in some ways a rewarding one. There’s that moment just before you open a new pack when you tamp down the tobacco into the paper by smacking the top of the pack onto your palm several

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 20, 2020November 27, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 3

    It was the Air Force’s fault that I became a smoker. That marginal fraternity of snuff dippers I’d belong to in high school was known as FUBAR, an acronym for “Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition,” derived from military slang, though

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    IndieReader Reviews The Things in Heaven and Earth

    You know that warm fuzzy feeling you get when your novel of murder, demons, and mayhem gets a 4.8 rating out of a possible 5 from IndieReader reviews? Well, I’m grooving on the feeling right now. The Things in Heaven

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 16, 2020November 20, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 2

    Truly great high school teachers are crafty as hell. Not quilting crafty or Cricket crafty, but psychologically crafty. The raw material they work with is the adolescent brain, a transitional cauldron of hormones, ignorance, ego, insecurity, emotional extremes, and, often

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 15, 2020November 27, 2020 words about writing No Comments Read more

    Running: The Proper Writing Addiction, Part 1

    It was a dumb and unnecessary confession I’d made, an unforced error that unleashed against me a hellish fifteen-minute long stern good talking to.  This by a high school English teacher, no less, and, worse, a fastidiously strict grammarian. We’d

    Michael Scott Hopkins November 15, 2020November 26, 2020 words about writing No Comments Read more

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