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Archive for June, 2006

A Quick Editing Tip

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 30th, 2006  
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Don’t say Uncle Josh never opened the heavens and imparted wisdom upon you from above.
I have been diligently working on shoring up the walls of what I consider to be a first rate concept for a novel. This time, I’ve actually started with a real outline that plots all the character arcs and all [...]

“Long Live Atilla Ambrus”: BWP on The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 27th, 2006  
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Posted in: Film, Television, Music and Books, History     

For those who have never heard of Atilla Ambrus (AKA “The Whiskey Robber”); you’re missing out and I highly recommend this book. This book was both recommended and loaned to me by a good friend from Hungary and I, in turn, am recommending it to you.
Atilla Ambrus came from nothing–a dirt poor Transylvannian who [...]

Death of a Close Friend’s Parent and Krishnamurti’s Final Words

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 25th, 2006  
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Posted in: Personal, Religion, Art & Spirituality     

A very good friend of mine was told her mother had two days to live–she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer six months ago and given six months to live. Her mother is in Europe and she is here in Ohio, barely enough time to make it there before she died, assuming the doctors [...]

Hungary for Freedom

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 22nd, 2006  
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Posted in: History     

President Bush was in Hungary today celebrating the 50th anniversary (4 months shy) of the “rebellion” which left 2,700 Hungarians dead when Eisenhower refused to send aid even though desparate Hungarians, rebelling with force against communist rule radioed their desperate need for help. Maybe they just didn’t have enough oil.
I think the whole charade [...]

So What’s with All This Poetry Crap?

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 19th, 2006  
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Yes, that question may have crossed the minds of some of the readers here–others, the more devil-may-care of my readers, couldn’t give a shit less what I write as long as its something.
The truth is that I made a big mistake two weeks ago and purchased all four volumes of the New Poems by Charles [...]

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