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May.24.2013
Hey, you-- the driver who, a few minutes ago, swerved over the orange double stripes on Ogden Ave. to pass the cars in the two lanes on your OWN side.
Well, that other guy --you know, the fellow on a (borrowed) motorcycle? That, Mr. D-Bag, was ME.
Notify your next-of-kin soon, while you have...
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May.24.2013
JOURNAL ENTRY, 24 May; AT OR ABOUT 41.85° N, 87.65° W. * WEATHER CLEAR, 65°, LIGHT WINDS NNW–
(entry): At last, after almost a full month, rescue! Flood-replacement washer/dryer arrived. Watched Three Men Named Juan wrestle combo below, I making sage comments they no doubt appreciated, since I...
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May.23.2013
I've found that in newsrooms, especially when the senior staff is taking a week's-vacation-plus-the-Monday-holiday, the Young Turks who (temporarily) hold the reins tend to get frisky-- goofy, even.
(checking the calendar) Yep. Monday is Memorial Day.
The kids at the Drudge Report are...
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May.22.2013
Since on the Authors On The Air Global Radio Network, we pride ourselves on Fine Journalistic Standards, my unbreakable practice is not just to double-source but to TRIPLE source-confirm any information we obtain.
Without meeting this rigid rule, we cannot include this photo of a working-her-...
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May.21.2013
And as if "enough" isn't oft "too much," at 11 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow (Wednesday, May 22) I will be turning the interview-table on Pam Stack, on her own flagship Authors On The Air broadcast.
This is YOUR chance: since I'm still awaiting drop-off of her secret-surveillance files from both...
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May.21.2013
Our long national nightmare is over: I can stop changing my Facebook "cover photo" every freakin' countdown-day.
On sale now: Fire Of The Prophet.
— Earl Merkel
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May.20.2013
It's early --most likely, 'way too early-- but here's where you can read the teaser for my new radio show: "The Book, With Earl Merkel," debuting at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 2, via the Authors On The Air Global Radio Network.
(If YOU can pronounce "AOTAGRN" without chipping a tooth, we...
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May.20.2013
Next time, advance sonograms. Definitely, much more attention to prenatal visits!
"Information I could have used earlier" -sonogram in accompanying illustration.
This is gonna complicate my estate planning, considerably...
Yes. Three on one day! --delivered by those fine folks at Diversion Books (...
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May.20.2013
OUCH!!!
Nope, I'm pretty sure this is the Real Thing.
As the accompanying illustration notes, we're right on top of the Due Date.
— Earl Merkel
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My latest thriller, Fire Of The Prophet, is now...
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May.16.2013
A very nice --if blush-inducing-- way to wake up: thank you, Elisabeth Zguta!
For (I hasten to add, with another double entendre blush at the wording above) her very kind review of my to-be-released-on-Tuesday FIRE OF THE PROPHET on Goodreads.com.
Ms. Elisabeth, you are officially my "first...
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May.15.2013
(chuckle) Okay, let's not quibble over the inclusion of the word "politics" in the POLITICO.com headline here (see photo). It's D.C.; politics get included in the daily "cornflakes or oat meal?" decisions at breakfast in that bustling metropolis.
But c'mon, My Fellow Newsies: could there be...
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May.15.2013
Serious Musing No. 1 this morning, sparked by an insightful discussion on author John Gilstrap's Facebook page regarding the IRS Scandal, the AP Phone-line Scandal, the Benghazi Scandal, etc.
There's a sense of disappointment & outrage growing over the current serial tsunamis of scandal in...
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May.03.2013
Here's how bad it's gotten in Prime Time radio: I'm interviewed on-air tonight at 7 p.m. EDT (please figure out your time zone yourself; all I know for certain it's 6 p.m. Central and in daylight-saving-averse Arizona) by the host of Authors On The Air, the lovely Pam Stack.
We're live --arguably...
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Apr.27.2013
Fittingly --that is to say, several days late-- today we should all celebrate the feast day of Saint Expeditus, the patron saint of procrastinators.
It was officially on April 19. But if St. E doesn't understand the delay, nobody will.
— Earl Merkel
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Apr.23.2013
GREAT NEWS!!! (well-- for me, anyhow; I invite you to test your own luck.)
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FIRE OF THE PROPHET is now available for PRE-ORDER via The iBookstore! (see link, below)While there, you can also pre-order the "prequel...
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About Earl
Earl Merkel is the author of Fire Of The Prophet (Diversion Books, 2013); Virgins And Martyrs (Five Star 2008, under the name "E L Merkel"; Final Epidemic (PenguinPutnam/NAL), a Barnes and Noble national bestseller re-released in hardcover by Elmtree Press/...
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