Better Times Are Coming!

Last year was a tough year for many of us and now we move on to what I believe will be a better year for everyone. In celebration, I gave many of my web sites face lifts. Especially check out My Depot Stores for a new design and a list of new Depot Stores. If you like bargains, this site will lead you to many of them.

Also, I really went crazy recently and  came up with a nutty idea: Offering a $7 rebate for an already batty $7 deal for 4 killer writing books. If you ever thought about buying my “Hey! You wanna be a writer?” e-book, then NOW is the time to take advantage of my lapse of sanity. Offer ends January 31. So get it now: http://www.wannabeawriter.com

Until next time, be kind to one another … and have a super day!

Best,

Ned

New YM and TPW Magazines Are Online Now!

Hi,

Well, the waiting is finally over.

E. P. Burke Publishing has announced that the new winter issues of Yesterday’s Magazette and The Perspiring Writer Magazine are now live and awaiting your reading pleasure.

For YM readers, go to: http://yesterdaysmagazette.com

For TPW Magazine readers, go to: http://theperspiringwriter.com

Both sites have now added an eBay Store for your shopping convenience.

Enjoy, and have a super holiday season.

Ned

A Thanksgiving Gift For You

I’m feeling thankful today. So here’s my gift to you: “Killer Online Magazine Secrets.” Grab it FREE! MRR too! http://bit.ly/KillerSecrets

Enjoy!

The Passing of Stuart Kaminsky

Stuart Kaminsky, a former Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America and author of dozens of critically acclaimed and well-regarded detective novels and former Sarasota resident, passed away October 9 in St. Louis.

I talked to Stuart shortly before he left Sarasota for St.Louis. I had numerous questions in mind but we talked mostly about my work. He was gracious and open to my ideas. I always considered Stuart an exact practitioner of his craft. Any wannabe mystery writer need look no further than the works of Stuart Kaminsky to learn how it is done. He’ll be missed.

E. P. Ned Burke

http://www.epburke.com

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Guest Blog

Dolls Remembered

As touchstones to the past, dolls validate childhood, a span of years that often seem like a fragmented moments in time. With their life-like faces, blemished complexions, and snarled hair, childhood dolls hold sway with a magical power that rarely wanes, and often grows.

From this charming anthology featuring more than 60 reminiscences, readers will learn that dolls can make––or break––friendships. Dolls are enjoyed alone or with a friend; they fuel creativity and imagination. Dolls teach sharing, nurturing, and loyalty; they assuage loneliness and hurt feelings; they calm fears and keep secrets. Dolls teach values and lessons––to adults as well as children. Dolls share adventures with their owners, and without them. When one girl outgrew her favorite doll but kept it on her bed, her friends repeatedly “dollnapped” it. For years, the doll showed up at unlikely events.

Separately, two girls brought a treasured doll with them to America when they fled Nazi Europe with their family. Another girl lost her doll to that war. One girl disowned the doll she received for Christmas, while the same type doll was yearned for by others. More than one doll met an untimely fate. A childhood doll softened a poignant reunion between two sisters after a rift had kept them apart for several years. One woman became reunited with a childhood doll through a serendipitous circumstance.

It’s not surprising that a doll representing the world’s sweetheart, Shirley Temple, was highly desired by several girls. Even people who have no knowledge of dolls can identify a Shirley Temple by her dimpled cheeks and perfect blonde ringlets. Oddly, no one offered memories about Barbie Millicent Roberts, the buxom blonde who turned 50 this year and is still as nubile as Lolita. Priced at three dollars in 1959, the doll world had not seen anything like the fashionable Barbie.

In the vignettes revealed here, not all dolls are pretty––except in the eyes of the beholder. Not all dolls were wanted; some were disappointing; not all became favorites, but each is memorable.

All royalties go to Down Syndrome Association of Northern Virginia.

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