The most effective pleas to donate money to charity will seem like heart-felt petitions from someone who is a person just like you. Professional fundraisers work very hard to foster that illusion when they write their propaganda materials. The truth is, for all its appearance of being spontaneous & heartfelt, fundraising is a very sophisticated…
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So I’ve been working on some little short stories set in Rochester. They all connect with one another, and I’m thinking of weaving them into a longer narrative. This story is about a homeless bum with supernatural powers, although you won’t find out about his powers until later stories. This is my…
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This Sunday a simple errand took all afternoon because I had to bike six miles (each way) through the wilderness to accomplish it. I enjoyed the leafy autumn part of the wilderness, with little squirrels and bunnies frolicking on either side. It was the man-made wilderness that got to me— an endless, concrete, suburban desolation,…
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