Tag: authors
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A Follow-Up To Souls Triumphant?
Writing is a funny thing. Sometimes a story demands to be written, and when this happens, it is both exciting and terrifying. A very long time ago, I wrote a book called Souls Triumphant. It spent some time in limbo before I finally published it, and when people read it, I invariable heard, “Will there…
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Free Samples Of My Fiction
I’m excited to announce that free samples of my work are now available at my website. Among them you’ll find stories delving into horror, religion, family dynamics, love, humor, and empowerment. If you like them, I hope you’ll consider checking out my two short story collections and novel. Just click on the link to find…
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Thanks To Illinois Central College Library
My appearance at Illinois Central College yesterday went very well. As you know, they invited me to speak and hold a book signing in honor of National Library Week. The turnout was better than I expected, and it was one of the best question-and-answer sessions for which I’ve ever participated. We ran the whole gamut…
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Visit Me At Illinois Central College On April 15th
Illinois Central College was kind enough to invite me to speak during National Library Week. I’m honored to be among their special guests and hope you can attend. Here’s their official write-up found at: http://icc.edu/facultyStaff/eNews_story.asp?id=1757 “The ICC Library presents… Scott Foley — A personal discussion and book signing Wednesday, April 15 10 – 11 am…
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Photographs Of Tim O’Brien and Scott William Foley
A few weeks ago, I wrote about meeting Tim O’Brien. (Click HERE if you’d like to read that account.) I just received a few photographs from the reception. Thankfully, I don’t look as nervous as I felt. Enjoy!
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Meeting Tim O’Brien
Last Thursday, I had the honor of meeting Vietnam veteran and novelist Tim O’Brien. Now, first things first: I honestly had never heard of Tim O’Brien before my invitation to attend a private reception for him at the Bone Student Center. I obviously needed to read one of his books before talking with him, so…
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Author Tim O’Brien Is Coming To Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University
Novelist Tim O’Brien will visit Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, for the 7th Annual Ames/Milner Visiting Author Program on October 23, 2008. At 2:00 p.m. at the Illinois Wesleyan University Hanson Student Center, Mr. O’Brien will participate in a question and answer session. At 7:00 p.m. in Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University, Mr. O’Brien will address the community with “An…
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“Think Higher. Feel Deeper.” – Elie Wiesel At Illinois State University
On October 7th I had the good fortune to spend the better part of the day and night learning from Elie Wiesel, acclaimed humanitarian and author of Night (among many other works). I first attended his question and answer session at Milner Library from 3:30 to 4:30. It was soon obvious that Mr. Wiesel, even…
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“Over My Dead Body” – October News and Views For the Young At Heart Short Story
Preston, Jared, Reggie, and Dale thought they’d be the first to successfully pull a prank on their math teacher, Mr. Washington. But when Mr. Washington catches them in the act, he runs down his front porch, takes a terrible tumble upon his front walk, and doesn’t get up. The boys soon discover their Halloween prank won’t be unraveling as planned. To find out…
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Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
In this short story collection, Neil Gaiman compiles various fast-paced stories (and a few poems) from over the decades. Some of them are very good; others didn’t really work. But that’s the beauty of a short story collection-if you don’t like one story, there’s a new one just a few pages ahead. By and large,…
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