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3-17-22 It’s been 5 long years…

Han Solo being freed from his Carbonite Prison in Star Wars, Return of the Jedi

Hello Readers…

In August 2017, when this blog was listed number one on Google Search for the keywords “writer photographer nyc”, it was hacked. My hosting service went on high alert and yanked it behind a password protected firewall. Next, they emailed me rescue instructions: complex steps to search and destroy the malware sitting somewhere on my site thanks to an Evil Hacker. But with all the life events going on, I simply could not get those steps started.

And so this blog sat, year after year, until…

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6-9-17 I’ll be away getting married! And some writing links!

Hey Readers! I’m excited to say that I’m preparing to go away for my wedding. It’s only one week away!

So I won’t be updating until after the 17th. In the meantime, I encourage you to subscribe to the following newsletters, which cover cool writing-related subjects.

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5-19-17 Fear & Writing

Hey readers! Sorry it’s been several weeks since my last post. There’s been so much going on, the best of which is: I’m getting married in June! I’ve also been writing a short ghost story to submit to a British ghost story anthology. And the deadline is in seven days. So there’s been a lot going on, thanks for bearing with me!

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3-23-17 Local Characters, Local History!

Hey Gang, what a week! I’m sorry I haven’t been posting much, I’ve had my hands very full lately.

Local Characters

On a recent trip up to Massachusetts, I was talking with my parents about all the wonderful and energetic people we knew who had passed on and how they would be remembered. Then I realized my very question was probably why ballads were written and stories of old were told about certain individuals: so their personalities and deeds would not be lost to death.

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2-17-17 Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew and my writing

Thanks so much to all of you for your subscriptions to my blog. You are keeping it number one on Google Search!

Some thoughts on Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Two weeks ago, I finished Stephen King’s epic short story anthology “Skeleton Crew”. While I found the book uneven at times (some of the story endings were not as good as the stories themselves), I really enjoyed his descriptions of New England (where I’m from). His descriptive powers are awesome, especially when it comes to describing nature. I also enjoyed the atmosphere King builds through almost over-describing everything. Often he’ll drift off topic, which can be frustrating, but maybe that’s what makes his stories stand out. It felt as if he was speaking to me in person!

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1-6-17 Thanks for all the support and working on my nyc street photo zine!

Dear readers,

Thanks so much for all your support – I’ve seen so many subscriptions roll in the last couple weeks and I really appreciate it. For those of you just finding my blog for the first time, you can subscribe using wordpress or explore the sharing options which appear below each of my posts. Needless to say, I just really appreciate your attention as Google search continues to list my blog very favorably!

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1-1-17 Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Today is the first day of an entirely new year. A real chance to try out new activities or refocus on older ideas that need more work or completion.

To that effect, I’m revisiting a photography zine I was working on back in 2015! And my short story writing will continue!

I wish all of you a bountiful new year full of peace, love and happiness!

Happy 2017!
Gabriel

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12-15-16 Science Fiction Book Covers!

Hey readers – sorry I’ve been AWOL for 6 days! Things are hectic with the holidays approaching and I got sick too!

Anyway, I wanted to share the above collection of science fiction book covers I’ve been pinning together on Pinterest. I can’t get over how awesome they are. And there are so many! Very inspiring for writing, I think.

You can scroll down in the board above to see more science fiction covers.

I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I do!
Gabriel

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11-15-16 I just became a Goodreads Author!

Hey readers! I am very pleased to announce I was just given my own Goodreads author page! I’m very excited. My first short ghost story will be published in the upcoming anthology O Horrid Night. Special thanks to FunDead Publishing for accepting my short story and making this possible!

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11-14-16 My short story is going to be published!

Hey readers – I’m very excited to announce that my short story “A Brother’s Gift” will be published in the upcoming anthology of Christmas ghost stories entitled “O Horrid Night” on Amazon December 3rd, 2016.

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