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A Shower at the Beach 10 Mar 2013 | 10:30 pm
My short story, “A Shower at the Beach,” was published in the April print issue of Portland Monthly Magazine, April, 2013.
WWII History: Radar, and the Tizard Mission 28 Feb 2013 | 07:21 pm
An article I wrote on the development of radar during World War II, and the sharing of radar technology between Britain and the US during that time, is now available on the History in an Hour website....
Saw Cory Doctorow at RiverRun Books 24 Feb 2013 | 07:38 am
Outstanding, inspiring talk tonight by @doctorow.He made me think, and you just know how I hate that. — Adam Purple (@writer_not) February 24, 2013
On depression, as addiction 27 Jan 2013 | 06:18 am
This is a hard one to write. It happens each year to me about this time, when my normal, low-key mood—the one that I live with daily, the one that is propped up by medication—threatens to take a preci...
Keep calm and carry a book 4 Jan 2013 | 10:02 am
Sound advice for any occasion.
Behold, the best Christmas present ever 29 Dec 2012 | 10:03 pm
From my lovely wife, a vintage Royal model KHM typewriter. Judging by the serial number, it was manufactured sometime during the second half of 1936. It’s in working condition, but could use a little ...
The middle does exist 19 Dec 2012 | 02:37 am
At one end of the spectrum I see pocket knives and slingshots. At the other, missiles, RPGs, bombs, and chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Somewhere in the middle lies a reasonable, appropriat...
An indie bookstore actually OPENS 5 Dec 2012 | 10:02 am
As a nice counter to all the doom and gloom in the world of bookstores these days, Portsmouth Book and Bar opened for business on December 1. As the name implies, yes, you can browse through the many ...
My writing/rewriting cycle 20 Nov 2012 | 05:55 am
My writing/rewriting cycle:Hey, this is pretty good→OMG, this is crap.Repeat.#amwriting — Adam Purple (@writer_not) November 20, 2012
Gird your loins, it’s NaNoQuerMo 27 Oct 2012 | 01:51 am
I write, and do most things, with an agonizing lack of speed, so the challenge of writing a 50,000 word novel in a month is beyond me. But my own, long-incubating novel, which I started almost two ful...
