Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Something about Amy
Blog text version also being posted on GoodReads – I just finished the first draft of a new book, “Amy”, and am sitting back, taking a breather. In my new novel, there is a scene where a minor character, Peggy Howitzer, waxes kindly to a more central one, Mina, about a former Oakland neighbor, Amy,…
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Blog Revisit
This was first posted on Goodreads on May 31, 2023. Hi, I’m beginning a website – My GoodReads blog text will also be posted into my site –Well, I’m enthusiastic, so thank you for being patient. I am resolved to share (maybe “foist”) creative work on friends and fellow travelers – which is why you…
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How did Steve Rasmussen go into politics??
This was originally posted on my Goodreads blog A key character in my novel is the newly elected US President Steve Rasmussen. How did this man – the not necessarily neuro-typical, extremely physical, highly analytical Silicon Valley billionaire – go into politics? For me, Steve represented a wonderful thought experiment, since I was living in Germany…
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Launching “The Callers”
This was originally posted on my Goodreads blog I excerpted the text below from what I had written earlier elsewhere. To confirm and emphasize, it’s great to be engaged in creative writing efforts – whether early or later in life: For me, it was very much a pleasure to create and write. My working career…
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Comments on Rose
This was originally posted on my Goodreads blog Passage below is excerpted from comments I wrote about Rose, one of the characters in “The Callers” – I’d like to comment a little bit on one of the characters in “The Callers”, Steve Rasmussen’s Secretary of State Irena “Rose” Levchin. Rose’s back story is one of a…
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