Ronald D. Giles

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Alea Jacta Est

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In Mr. Obama's own words: ________________________________________ "I now have been in 57 states -- I think, one left to go....
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Joan -- the Editor

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Just in case you thought the Chicago Manual of Style was rough on writers whose careful quotient was low, please meet JOAN -- Mrs. Giles. Sh...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Writing

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Rewrite, revise, ellipsis, spellcheck, Chicago Style Manual, rejection letter, Chapter Three, drop cap, page break, cut, paste, copy, clarif...
Friday, April 2, 2010

Writing

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Revising, revising, revising -- capitalization, grammer, em dash, grammar -- cutting, substituting, moving, synonyms, missing words, fleuron...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Writing

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I couldn't let it go! Yesterday, I added three pages to the end of my book. It is an improvement, I think. Joan will tell me. Maybe thi...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

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I have completed the principal writing of my third book. It was difficult sleeping last night as I had nothing to resolve about the book. To...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Writing

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Writing, writing, writing -- sleep -- eat. Writing, writing, writing. Almostattheend. Then revise, revise, revise ...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Writing: Chapter 4

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From 800 AD to 1400 AD, a Global Warming period struck the Northern Hemisphere. During this time, the Vikings discovered and settled "G...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Writing: Chapter 4

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Consumed with writing, I have finished Chapter 3, a transitional chapter, and now turn to Chapter 4, a critical chapter. It opens with our m...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A 5% Pay Cut for Congress

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Meet Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Arizona. She represents the First Congressional District of Arizona, an area that, if it were a state, would be...
Monday, March 8, 2010

The Consent of the Governed

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A January, 2010, Rasmussen poll of US citizens found that 45 % of us believe that randomly selected citizens from the phone book could do a ...
Friday, March 5, 2010

Writing: Chapter Three

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So far, my discipline for writing has held. I am sure that the cold weather has something to do with it as the distractions are limited to ...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Reconciliation in the Senate?

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"The misuse of the arcane process of reconciliation—a process intended for deficit reduction—to enact substantive policy changes is an ...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Writing: Chapter Three

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I am continuing to write daily, averaging about a page a day. Our now 28 year old hero has been sentenced to spend his lifetime in seclusion...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Writing: The Third Chapter

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The Second Chapter is now complete -- 16,000 words and 41 typed pages, about 60 book pages. It is not edited and I still have some open ques...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Writing: The Ceremony of One

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Chapter two has now grown to 14,000 words -- and it is not over. The Ceremony of One, a wedding scene of 1,000 years ago in what is now midd...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Global Warming Report Withdrawn

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From the UK newspaper, The Guardian , "Scientists have been forced to withdraw a (2009) study on projected sea level rise due to global...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Writing: The Ceremony of One -- The Two Doves

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Still in Chapter two of my third book, I have begun to detail a wedding ceremony set in the year 1000 between our 18 year old hero, Young He...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Jobs Saved? A Great Depression averted by the Obama Stimulus?

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President Obama and his administration spokespeople -- VP Biden , Gibbs, etc. -- are prone (or instructed) to quote a "Jobs Saved"...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Writing: The Confession

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Algonquin Fertility Dance, by Theodore de Bry, 1590 My writing has progressed on the Second Chapter of my third book. The seduction of our...
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Ronald D. Giles
Author: "Locusts and Wild Honey," a paranormal novel involving a curse, ghosts and a Black Dog. "Great Heats," a novel of historic fiction set in ancient Ohio, 2010. "On Harrisonville Avenue," published in 2008 and "Cottonwood Pass: A Novel of Suspense Set Against a Contemporary Political Backdrop," 2009. Television Executive: 30 year career in Television production and administration. I created the QVC Television format in 1986 and was part of the early two-way Television experiment called QUBE. I also worked at statons WBNS-TV, WCPO-TV, and WBZ-TV as well as with Mullin Television Productions and Diamond P Sports. Consultant: I specialized in start-up operations, especially those wanting to found a TV Shopping Network. As such, I was instrumental in the start-ups of QVC UK, QVC Deutschland, CVC Mexico, Shoptime Brazil, Korea Home Shopping and TVSN Australia. I aslo consulted with China Home Shopping which did not materialize, Borders.com and CatalogueCity.com, now Shop.com. I also have been blessed with the gift of singing and a beautiful accompanist, my wife, Joan as we present "Hymns and Their Stories"
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