Tag: Writing
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Profile: Parker Borg
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Sketches of distinguished American diplomats from my forthcoming book, Profiles in Service.
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Critical Mass
My latest novel has achieved critical mass. I’m no longer inventing the figments of a void, but rather connecting the last pieces of a puzzle with finite space to go astray. All creative energy is bent toward that one objective.
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Golden Nib, Blue Ribbon
This spring I submitted the story to my local Virginia Writers Club chapter, the Northern VWC. Today I learned I won the blue ribbon for my Golden Nib submission.
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The Leak Business
Having not done this before, I’m hesitant to pull to hard. I don’t want to break something. We just had a new shower installed in this bathroom and wouldn’t it destroy me to have to redo the vanity? Ever been to a tile store? Some things in life we need less choice, not more.
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Hope Amid Distress
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Throughout his tidy narrative Tidwell grapples with the most universally disheartening issue of our day without sending the reader into despair. Rather than spread the disease of hopelessness, we hear voices of reason who’ve dedicated their lives to climate action, in their own backyards and across the neighborhood.
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Notes from the Board
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Today I fulfilled a long-held aspiration, joining the editorial board of the Foreign Service Journal. For nearly a quarter century this storied publication has followed me around the world from Jeddah to Nicaragua and Mexico City to Mumbai.
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Publication Announcement
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From the first generation of Peace Corps Volunteers emerged 50 future ambassadors, protagonists in some of our nation’s most dramatic events over the last 65 years.
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You Can Thank Me Later
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I almost forgot I’d started a podcast called Backstory, inspired by heavy traffic to a book review published in 2015. At the time I recorded two more reviews and never got around to sharing. Here’s my new audio, with an updated show name: Backstory with Ben East.
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