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"Don Martin is a keen observer and prolific reporter of truth, common sense, humor, and life in America during the 21st century. He is the author of More Than 3000 Essays and 30 books." -Mark Twain
Category: RABBIT TRAILS
I wanted to be a writer, but I had more bad habits than stories to tell. I whittled the number down to four and found answers to each one. Mistake One — no particular time or place to write. When I wanted to write, I would do just that. Want to write. I would think about it and imagine being a writer. But there was school work, and then there was actual work. When I got married, my…
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I am a writer. I like to write. Sometimes I just write about writing. I am a reader, too, reading, of course, a good bit about writing. I have facorite authors which I follow, but, also I have favorite writers who write articles and sometimes have websites that are enjoyable to me. There is only a handful that I truly enjoy, and feel I benefit from. I look forward to reading their next post and…
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#Amazon – You know I was a self-employed business person before I did any writing. My organization has evolved (painfully) to a two-notebook system, including a small “power notebook” I carry with me all the time, and a larger notebook like this one that I like for a “business notebook.” Now that I try to write as well, I use a third journal, also like this one for my “writing notebook.” My “power book” is with…
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It just came to me. New ride. World-renown author. Bored and looking for new directions. World, meet Don Martin, World-class Travel Writer. Don Martin, World Class Travel Writer, meet World. My life and career finally have direction! All that being said, let’s go on our first travel adventure! The exotic and far-away land of Walmart on Nolensville Rd!Ample forms of transportation await us. Boy, THAT was a close one!…
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Yes, she did it again. My wife, PJ, did it again last evening. She took a bit of this and a handful of that, and created the most magnificent dish I have enjoyed in a long time! It actually consisted of, among many other things, lots of cheese, ripe olives, hamburger, spices, onions, tomatoes, taco shells and guacamole. Wow. What a treat to smell baking and a treat to consume! By now you probably know…
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I learned from an author-acquaintance this morning that he has not achieved nearly the amount of writing during the lock-down as he had wanted and expected. So it is not just me. The days seem to run into weeks and into subsequent weeks. If one is not an avid daily television watcher, it is hard to distinguish one day from the next. I sometimes imagine myself in an assisted-living home somewhere, where the only thing I…
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There is a lot going on in my life right now. I’ve got a couple of books I am working on, along with a few website/blogs, the total of which require a lot of my attention, as well as does my normal job. (I try my best on all my literary activities, and I always fully intend to mark them off my calendar where I so carefully wrote them, but, let’s face it, that is…
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A couple of you have asked me what life is like being an author. Of course, the answer to that is easy to show. Writers eat. We sometimes sleep. And often, we write. Writers eat! We do seem to put a larger-than-life emphasis on the eating part. And my healthy diet is strictly due to my lovely wife, PJ. So, I will point out a few additional food images. E-mail Updates Subscription with Gift Card…
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