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Author Gail Gauthier's Reflections On Books, Writing, Humor, And Other Sometimes Random Things

Thursday, July 03, 2025

What Passes for Professional Self-improvement Here

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My Personal Short Story Study Over the last few months, I've been "studying" short story writing by going over notes from work...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "A Distinct Alien Race" and Eugenics

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This is it, folks. My last reading post for  National Immigrant Heritage Month   related to Franco- Americans and the very fine  A Distinct ...
Friday, June 20, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "A Distinct Alien Race" and the Ku Klux Klan

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My reading for National Immigrant Heritage Month continues . I grew up in central Vermont and graduated from the state's university. Whi...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

A Lit Journal Acceptance and a Story Behind the Story

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My new short story, What We Do , has been published in Stonecoast Review Literary Journ al . It's going to appear in its print journal,...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "A Distinct Alien Race" and Little Canadas

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My Reading for National Immigrant Heritage Month Continues One of the many things author  David Vermette  writes about in   A Distinct Alie...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "A Distinct Alien Race"

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As Heritage Months go, June is primarily known as Pride Month . But it is also National Immigrant Heritage Month.  (Once again, I want to po...
Friday, May 30, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "Hula"

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For those of us who observe Heritage Months, it is still just barely May and thus  Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mon...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Yikes! I Was Rejected For Not Meeting A Publication's Standards. And I Don't Think They Were Talking Writing Quality.

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Remember the post I did here a couple of weeks ago on Anne Lamott's writing advice regarding shitty first drafts ? Yeah? Weeellll, I rev...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

A Story Behind the Story with Food and Stanley Tucci

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Jonathan Taylor on Unsplash This is a story of writing reality. It's not a story many writers will want to hear. I wrote a humor piece c...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Heritage Month Project: "The Buddha in the Attic"

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So many heritages used to be recognized by the U.S. federal government. You can check them out at this archived website from earlier adminis...
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