Michael Stephen Daigle
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- How do you slice a tomato with one hand?
- From New Nagler: ‘Romeo’s a-travelling to Mantua. Fetch him.’
- New Nagler: Where he comes from
- New Providence (NJ) Book Festival, set for Saturday
- 9/11 memorial: The power of silence
- A sore shoulder, surgery and Frank Nagler
- Elephants, the golfer and the compound: ‘The Weight of Living’
- Join me and other authors at events in September and October
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Category Archives: Greater Lehigh Valley Writer’s Group
From New Nagler: ‘Romeo’s a-travelling to Mantua. Fetch him.’
Some scenes are hard to write. This was one. “He walked. Past the old mills, past the stoops, past the troubles that weren’t his own; out of the light of downtown into the darkness of the worker’s ghetto, along … Continue reading
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New Nagler: Where he comes from
It’s what you do in a poor town, he learned. Have hope; everything else is darkness. The Baker Hills section of Ironton was developed by one of the city’s rich bankers more than a century ago as a swanky … Continue reading
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New Providence (NJ) Book Festival, set for Saturday
The second New Providence Book Festival has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence. The rain date is September 29th. Scheduled … Continue reading
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Elephants, the golfer and the compound: ‘The Weight of Living’
There was some dispute about George Dickinson’s ancestral claims, but Nagler didn’t care. He had lived in the area for eighty-five years and his family settled in these hills before the Revolution, whether it was the right Dickinson family or … Continue reading
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Join me and other authors at events in September and October
I’ll be at some events in September and October. Sept. 7 and 8: Belvidere (NJ) Victorian Days. This is a celebration of the Victorian Era in one of Warren County’s delightful towns. Events include tours of local homes and … Continue reading
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More new Nagler: Introducing Leonard
One of the heroes of the Frank Nagler Mystery series is Leonard, Detective Frank Nagler’s blind, bookstore owning friend. In the WIP prequel, Leonard is a street kid. After being rescued from a gang attack, Leonard comes to live at … Continue reading
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WIP: Smitty and the bluesman
“What you learn, kid, is that you blame her and she blames you and you both walk away with a little tear in your heart that never heals. A place, a song, a word, opens it back up. That’s how … Continue reading
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Howard Newton on how corruption works (The Swamps of Jersey)
“They make rule after rule to shut that door of opportunity for the little guy. Get their hands around the throats of the middle class and squeeze. They make deals that only benefit themselves and their money men.” — Howard … Continue reading
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Physical therapy with peanut butter
All of this made me wonder how we deal with pain, because we all do. Our responses to that pain vary: We stew in it, carry it around and use it as a weapon, deny it, put on the bold … Continue reading
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The award-winning ‘Weight of Living’
“Outside, a steady rain washed away all other sounds; just the splash of water on asphalt and cement, tapping on roof tops and drumming metal car roofs; a perfect wall behind which to hide. We walk through this wreckage, seeking … Continue reading
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