Blog Posts Across Zumaya Publications

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Zumaya doesn't do non-fiction, but authors on the list who are freelancers might benefit from a couple of my little books, "Freelance Non-Fiction Articles" which was originally published by the Society for Technical Communication and released back to me for updating, and my little memoir, "CHilly-Chilly BANG! or How We Freelanced Through Europe's Coldest Winter in a VW with a Kid." Both can be downloaded from lulu.com for a small fee.

I started freelancing professionally fifty years ag…

August has been HOT and just darn weird. And since part of that mess made me miss posting last week, this will be this week's topic! Bwahahaha

The temperatures have been trying to catch up from the below average temps we had in June due to all the unusual rain. The week so far has been cresting at around 104F with the humidity and pollution adding to the mix and making it feel like 110. We've also been having "Red Zone" days, which basically means if you go do anything outside in this…

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There are so many different places to post blogs, and I'm trying to get used to it all, trying to decide what is best. I like Ning because it feels friendly, and because I get to see so many familair (to me) faces. I've been a part of Zumaya for a long time, it seems, though not really officially. In October, I will be able to prove myself. :D

I post to Livejournal, Blog (soon to be Word Press), Myspace, and I have a vox, facebook invite, and a greatest journal. I'm weddi…

Nonesuch is an old abandoned copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The remote village where I live is north of this old mine--so this is where we spend summers--north of Nonesuch, where my Viking and I went to grade school and high school many years ago. Then we married others and led separate lives in separate states until a book I wrote and he read brought us together again. We spend winters in Central Florida. Kinko is a good traveler, though she prefers catching the mice in the UP to…