Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Writer’s Conference

Posted on 08/11/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

This last week I was at the Catamaran Writer’s Conference.  I find these conferences a challenge.  On one extreme, the being with gifted writers and learning about the art and craft of writing a poem.  Then there is the introverted, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Workshop at the Conference

Posted on 08/07/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

I’m not sure when I’ll post again, but just a quick update: I’m at the writer’s conference doing a workshop on poetry.  It’s the process of taking my best poems and making them better (or proving I’m not as good … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Shaky Spear

Posted on 07/26/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

First an announcement: I’m still alive. Second, over the weekend Heather and I took a friend to see a local Shakespeare in the Park production of “As You Like It.”  Fun show with energetic young actors. Act II, Scene VII … Continue reading →

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How to Tell a Story

Posted on 07/07/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

I have a story that floats in and out of my mind.  I can’t see the whole of it.  It comes and goes in fragments, flashes, bits of sound, smells, fears … It’s a story of escape, return, and unexpected … Continue reading →

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