Help Needed: Chapter One

Posted by dougwood on Mar 5, 2012 in Journal | 0 comments ShareHoly cow! It’s been a long time between blogs, hasn’t it? Did you miss me? Don’t answer. I’ve been hard at work though, revising the first few chapters of my novel NationChurch. Hooray for me! The first chapter is often the deciding factor in whether a novel is chosen by an agent/publisher. Moreover after chapter 1, readers are deciding whether to dive in or put the...
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Breathe…

Posted by dougwood on Dec 14, 2011 in Journal | 5 comments ShareYou know how sometimes a person has a really, really bad day and they’ll say, “I’d rather have a hot poker shoved up my nose than go back into the office”? Well, last Thursday, I had a real, live, hot poker shoved up my real, live nose. But I’ll get back to that. First, a bit of self reflection: So who am I? I’ve been wondering that quite a bit of late. It...
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Vain Much, Doug?

Posted by dougwood on Nov 4, 2011 in Journal | 5 comments ShareOkay, I left that other, horrible picture of me up for far longer than I needed to. Had a good laugh did you, my schadenfreude-loving readers? I wouldn’t mind having an unfortunate picture of my gut out there for everyone to see and mock. It was patently obvious that I was inhaling. (Inhaling Oreos, maybe…) I wasn’t going to say anything but I have to think of my pilates...
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Halloween: This Is What It Sounds Like When Dougs Cry

Posted by dougwood on Oct 29, 2011 in Journal | 0 comments ShareMy previous post, about Ben cursing, was going to be an article in an Alternative Newspaper—okay, my kid’s elementary school newsletter, but it’s pretty edgy. But I chickened out. The following is what I put in instead. Ungrateful kids— you’ve got ‘em. I’ve got ‘em. We’ve ALL got ‘em. And at no time are kids more rotten and ungrateful than Halloween. When they...
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Yikes! or When Your Mom Reads Your Blog

Posted by dougwood on Oct 11, 2011 in Journal | 13 comments ShareIt’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry, my faithful readers. I’ve had a lot of life happening: a friend in a hugely messy child custody situation, which coincided with Benjamin’s birthday extravaganza, and…. My mom found my blog. She can’t attach a picture to an email, yet she found my blog. I sent her an email about some mundane thing and forgot that...
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