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Oh, it’s so attractive…that grand idea of actually finishing something. I certainly vibed on that rush when writing Flashes of War, which included 26 short pieces and therefore 26 [...]

If you missed my spotlight on The Camille Conte Show, here’s the archived access. The interview begins ten minutes into this streaming link. Other than finishing the novel and finding a [...]

Live on air tonight: Friends, please tune in by streaming The Camille Conte live internet radio show at 5:10pm Eastern Standard Time (1:10pm Alaska) for my 20-minute radio interview featuring [...]

So…I took a week off the blog. So…I’ve been pondering the same problem with Chapter 7 for 10 days. So…the pipes have frozen, the shower’s broken, and more weather is [...]

Local readers: I’ll be presenting in downtown Spruce Pine today at the Episcopal Church at 12noon to the Rotary Club. Come on out! Two days of deep freeze here, meaning subzero temperatures [...]

Sometimes, you just gotta drop everything and go when the goin’s good. The Snowshoe goin’ that is. Here’s Roan Mountain around 5800 feet, where it was 9 degrees in the SUN at [...]

When I write to my students each month to provide feedback on their submissions, one thing that often comes up is rhythm and its close relationship to style and punctuation. “Do you read [...]

While I know enough to steer clear of impossible New Year’s resolutions (i.e. I will meditate 365 days a year, I will write 500 words a day 7 days a week, I will exercise 200 days per [...]

Based on this year’s 33 books read, I’ve chosen 5 that were grand slam hits for me. Making the Top Five doesn’t always mean a book is “perfect” or “a page [...]

Well, it’s another year in books, folks, and although I’m certain I’ll read a book over the holiday, the time has come once again for my annual book list. Looks like I read 33 [...]