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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Free Gratis: Al Swarengen and John Gardner

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:July 31, 2014
  • Post category:Novel Writing

Recently, I came across some awkward language I had written. It wasn't Latin, per se, but it was stilted. It reminded me of John Gardner's dictum not to use Latinate…

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Thoughts on “Will Kill for Food”

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:July 11, 2014
  • Post category:Criticism/Novel Writing/Will Kill for Food

Why I Wrote the Story For some time, I have been planning to write a novel about the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots (also known as the Rodney…

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Scott Alumbaugh is the author of  On the Pony Express Trail (TwoDot Books) a narrative non-fiction about his 2021 solo bikepacking trek on the Pony Express Trail. He is author of a novella, Will Kill for Food, as well as a number of short stories.  Learn more >

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