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Welcome my site at the Authors
Haunt, or if you prefer “Old Mr. Brown’s Wordsmithing Shoppe”.
I have been writing seriously, or seriously writing, since my
Grade 5 teacher read one of my stories to the whole class. Until
that time, my dreadful speech impediment had separated me from
any potential childhood friends. Their enthusiastic response
(bribed, no doubt, by recess candy) to that set the course for
me. (Although Mr. Carroll did say the handwriting looked like “a
thumbnail dipped in tar”.)
With the help of new found friends, I overcame the speech
impediment to such a degree that on leaving school I became a
radio announcer. Over the following forty and few more years I
wrote thousands of radio commercials, newspaper ads, brochures,
new stories, press releases, travel guides, even operating
manuals… oh and of course, fiction magazine stories. Yes, I’m a
“writing whore”.
Now, however, I write for enjoyment, both mine, and hopefully,
yours.
I don’t know how many stories I will eventually write for this
site. I find the ideas flow freely, but the crafting of the tale
can be slow and painful. I may agonize for hours over the choice
of a particular word or phrase. Writing advertising copy is so
much easier!
I hope you like the stories that do find their way here, and
please comment on them. There’s a link at the bottom of each story.
Your feedback, both good and constructive, is greatly
appreciated.
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Disclaimer: Writing
published on this site may contain scenes of a sexual nature
or other material that may be disturbing to some readers
and/or inappropriate for younger visitors. All
stories, poetry, content and graphics are subject to
copyright (please see the notices at the bottom of this
page). Infringement of this copyright will result in
legal action. Under no circumstances should any story,
poem, content or design element be reproduced without the
express permission of the copyright holder. If you
find any errors on this site, or if there is content you
feel is inappropriate, please
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