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About michaelstephendaigle

I have been writing most of my life. I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; and "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- First Place winner for Mysteries in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Contest.

If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be? I pretty much gave up formality yet years ago … so jeans are the outfit… no forcing no weighty thought process …wear em till … Continue reading

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A lesson from Robert Frost

Not to get all Robert Frosty, but we’ve been at this crossroads before And taken one turn or the other That seem to  circle back seeking light through a dim trail blocked  by near misses, misunderstandings, anger, blame, tears,  emptiness … Continue reading

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How do you waste the most time every day? Define waste…are we all type As turning every moment into progress, every action into a win…maybe that’s the waste…how about seeking old friends and lovers making peace sitting in the yard … Continue reading

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How do you want to retire? We leave jobs but our skills are used in different ways…. Retirement is an ad campaign…there is always work to be done

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Nagler 6: Internet tag

In the Frank Nagler Mystery work-in-progress, NAGLER’S SECRET, a woman with changing hair color and a hidden past has been flitting at the edges of the story. In this scene with reporter Jimmy Dawson, she begins her slide into the … Continue reading

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How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? Not hard…you simply ask this question…do I really need to read a story about how experts say I should clean my patio furniture? … Continue reading

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What jobs have you had? First job I had was at age 7 picking blueberries in Maine…I also led a strike by pre-teens because they wanted us to rake spots that had already been raked….later restaurants factories the newspapers for … Continue reading

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Stand with the theater kids as they stand up to censors

Cheers to some  Fort Wayne, Indiana high school thespians who defied religious censors and the local school board, which banned the play, by performing it on their own outside the  school. The play featured roles  of interchangeable sexuality and clearly … Continue reading

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Do you remember life before the internet? I remember life before the internet, life before the cell phone,before the computer before the dial phone…simpler? Just different

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How do you feel about cold weather? I’ve lived in the NE US my whole life…. Cold weather is a part of life along with snow ice shovels snowmen and mud season…wear a coat and good boots…lately i worry a … Continue reading

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