delmer on December 14th, 2009

I read quite a bit. I’m not sure if I read more or less than the average person, but I read enough to make me happy about the amount of reading I do and, to me, that places the amount I read into the category of “quite a bit.” If I had to make one [...]

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delmer on September 30th, 2009

Second column… third item down.  The link points back to What’s a Delmer Look Like. With that in mind, if you are a serious writer, you may want to consider one of the other publishers. (But really. How does something like this happen? They’re located in Hong Kong.)   Technorati Tags: McBarron Book Company

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delmer on June 9th, 2009

I’ve recently been reading a lot of Janet Evanovich books despite the fact I thought they might be chick books; a fact that was verified by Cap in a comment. In all fairness to me and my manliness, I’ve mixed it up a bit and have cranked through two of Alan Alda’s books, a David [...]

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delmer on May 25th, 2009

From Janet Evanovich’s “Motor Mouth.” A male character is chatting up the female lead. She admits she is flirting with him which leads him to say “nice.” And just for the record, I was fully aware that he would have smiled and said nice if I had scabs over two-thirds of my body and an [...]

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delmer on April 12th, 2009

“That weatherman on the morning news. He should be shot. How can I go out in the weather like this? And when it gets so hot they keep the supermarkets too cold. Hot, cold. Hot, cold. It gives me the runs.” Mr. Landowsky to Stephanie Plum in Janet Evanovich’s Four to Score. I was glad [...]

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