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JOURNALISM

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My articles have appeared in The Franklin (Franklin College, IN), Challenger Newspapers (Greenwood, IN), The Franklin Daily Journal (IN), St. Helena Star (CA), Pathways to Health (Napa, CA), Napa Valley Register (CA), and Rocky Mountain News (CO). My published credits include 98 nonfiction print articles, and my articles at Suite 101.

My nonfiction articles feature a variety of subjects including an American businessman’s adventures in Russia, a cheetah with a toothache, reflections on human nature, and experiences with music.

My adventures in fiction started in 1981, when I wrote my first novel, an 80-page contemporary / thriller / historical / mystery. It was a valiant but unfocused effort. My excuse is that I was in high school, and it was my first attempt.

In 2004 I wrote my second novel, an 800-page contemporary story with historical elements. I was pleased with this manuscript, but not after realizing it was part of a five-volume series that would require much more research.

Since then, I've been enjoying the writing process: get an idea, do the research, write the novel or short story, query an agent and/or publisher, deal with rejection, get the next idea, do the research, etc., etc. Additionally, after a long break from nonfiction projects, I've returned to developing and marketing ideas for print and online publications.

Projects have been posted here for one or more of the following reasons:

- They have been previously published elsewhere and are part of my portfolio.

- They have been rejected at least once by a publisher or editor, and for those projects, I've decided not to pursue traditional venues for publication, and have posted them here, as combination spec articles/samples of my work.

- They're simply too odd to be published elsewhere. Consider A Different Configuration. What exactly is it? The dreaded comedy/drama? A contemporary short story with just a hint of romance? Modern literature badly written? I can imagine the complaints from editors trying to classify it.

- They are here as a form of volunteer work. If you are curious about what goes through a writer's mind, or how drafts differ from one another, or how writers evaluate their projects, you may find this page valuable.

If you would like to contact me for reprint permission, please send an e-mail to vaxmin at aol dot com.

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NONFICTION

Nonfiction articles at Suite 101.

2012 - column - Twins (first draft)
2009 - column - Vladivostok (first draft)
2008 - article - The summer of Siberia (second draft)
2007 - article - Life without SRV (third draft)
2006 - article - Hollywood moments (third draft)
2006 - article - The drive (third draft)
2006 - article - Beauty (third draft)
2005 - article - The psychology of the Main Street Electrical Parade (second draft)
2004 - column - Influences (third draft)
2002 - article - Wine club etiquette (second draft)
2001 - article - Job seekers make their way to job fairs - Napa Valley Register
2001 - article - Napa attorney a man of the world - Napa Valley Register
2000 - article - What I've learned from six years of membership in Romance Writers of America - (third draft)
2000 - article - Napa dentist called to fix cheetah’s teeth - Napa Valley Register
1996 - article - Caring for babies with special needs - Pathways to Health

NOVELLAS
2000 - Lost In Time - Prologue - Will Jane be able to return to her past? (third draft)

NOVELS

SCREENPLAYS
2008 - St. Petersburg (third draft)

SHORT STORIES
2012 - Free Coffee (a short story) - Bickering among co-workers (first draft)
2012 - Dying In Paris - Finding comfort among friends. (first draft) - (second draft)
2011 - A Different Configuration - About dreams and friendship. (first draft) - (second draft) - (third draft)
2011 - King To B2 - One band's history. (third draft)
2011 - Death Is Like Paris - Adapting to a major change. (third draft)
2010 - The Englishman - Reflections on a changing friendship (third draft)
2008 - Bigger Than Russia - Trying to take an evening class or two without being interrupted (first draft)
2007 - A Shadow In The Fog - Trying to get the Russian-language edition of Pravda (second draft)
2006 - I Am the Music - A mysterious disappearance near California’s Highway 5 (third draft)
2004 - Wonderful World - This could happen. Hm ... well ... maybe not the part about being rescued by aliens. (second draft)

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