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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

In fact: No names. Businesses. Places. Events. Locales. Incidents. Are mentioned anywhere in this work of fiction. 

The only work of non-fiction here is the Ongoing Statistics.
WHAT'S HAPPENING

JANUARY

It’s time to clean house and resolve, the new year is upon us.

A friend of mine told me on New Year’s Eve (4 PM – socially distanced) he wants to start dating again. He said he was thinking of someone of Spanish descent—apparently, the Spanish like cooking and cleaning. 

He said it’s because self-cleaning apartments don’t exist.

To which another friend replied, “Lindsay has one.”

I do. It’s an inside joke—as inside my apartment.

Anyway, NEW YEAR. 

25 WANTS. 

Some ridiculous, others sensible (opposite of ridiculous: lame).

NUMBER 25

Make strangers laugh, daily, naturally, emphatically.
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How, especially in the SOCIAL DISTANCED WORLD?

The simple answer: just be yourself and share your smile with the world. I do epic walks daily, so, that's what I plan to do. I don't particularly like my smile, but what the hell; a positive outlook coupled with a kind heart, well...if we all smiled, the world would become a little brighter.

If my smile doesn't work, it's a good thing I'm darn funny!

​OUTCOME

Okay, here’s the thing with this resolution. It’s not so much the action as it is thinking about it and turning it into a mantra for living. Life is bleeping tough. For everyone. Of course, those whose main concern is money and themselves…well…it’s tough for them as well, they are just too stunned to realise it because they are too busy screwing others over in pursuit of things that feed them money and…nothing more.

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Why are there letters missing?

Because they care only about money—screwing others—they don’t, bleeping care, how tough life is for others. And the clock is ticking for them just like the rest of us.

BACK TO THE RESOLUTION

If you always are thinking about making people you don’t know, or know, smile every day—it could be as simple as giving them a smile first—regardless of whatever is transpiring in your life…well…then you are without question giving something back and making the world a better place. Making others smile is more a frame of mind than an actual action, and if you enter that mind-frame, you are thinking in a positive manner!
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I do, when I walk, I think about how to make life better, not just for me, but for the strangers I pass by.

Therefore, this RESOLUTION is STAMPED: SUCCESS!
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Now at-bat for the Eastview |Braves| all-star second baseman Lindsay Wincherauk.

Lindsay can hit for power + percentage + he has a rapier-like gold glove with a penchant to turn the double play with his rocket arm. Unquestionably, he is destined for the $$$-millions of the majors—except for one thing, have you ever seen someone look this goofy in a baseball hat?

Baseball career: done.

Football: A City + Provincial + National Champion one-eyed record holding QB.

Can’t wear helmets all day.

Toque, okay—only for winter.
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Shorn head, burns, must find a hat that looks at least presentable!
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Dare to Dream

I never thought I’d go to Hawaii. I never had the burning desire. Then I went—in 2018.

Did it blow me away? No.

But, somehow, it etched a place into my psyche.

Why?

It reminds me of home, only with different perfect weather. That is if you love sun, sun, sun, heat, and sun.

I think what I love the most about Hawaii is as much as it is America, it’s far enough away to be different. Not there is anything wrong with America.

What’s that, have I been paying attention to the last 4-years?

Things that jumped to my attention during my two visits I absolutely loved.

  • Seeing the confused looks on Midwesterners faces when they realized all the tourists weren’t white.
  • Every tourist in Oahu racing around having the exact same vacation.
  • The thought of Midwesterners believing there are still hidden gems to be found tourists have yet to find. Hidden Gem = Out of Business.

​I guess, what I really enjoyed, is the comfort of how boring this perfect island paradise is—that’s not a dreadful thing—it’s just what it is.

My dream is to live there, at least part of the year. Hopefully, Higgins (Perdita Weeks) drops by our luxurious pad for a spot of tea or a dip in our pool. Wouldn’t that be lovely.
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That’s all for now. One day my dream will come true. It must, for now it has been written!
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JANUARY

FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. 

FEBRUARY

MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY.

MARCH

​​MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. ​​MONDAY.​ TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. ​​MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY.

APRIL

THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY.
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JANUARY

A couple of planks + a push up or two + some tennis + a walk!
SEE NUMBERS 9 + 10
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JANUARY

  • Craig Smale
  • Heather Cowie
  • Chris Arnold
  • Whitey

APRIL

  • Manny
  • ​Ken G
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​MARCH
  • ​THE WRITER SHORT STORY CONTEST - THIS TABLE
  • ​THE WRITER SHORT STORY CONTEST - PLUS 15
  • ​​THE WRITER SHORT STORY CONTEST - JEREMY

APRIL
  • SUBMITTED STORY TO 1440
  • CBC
  • CTV
  • GLOBAL​​​​​​
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I've gotten an early start on this. I've been sending out query letters to Agents + Publishers and I am happy to say I've gotten my first bite. 

First bite; is this about a fishmonger?

No.

By first bite, I am delighted...no... honored to have part of my manuscript YOU requested for consideration by a major literary agent in NYC. Fingers crossed. 

And toes?

And toes!
JANUARY

Believe in self - never quit trying!
LIVE
  1. Eric Smith (PS Literary)
  2. Jess Regel (Helm Literary)
  3. Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
  4. Alex Stark (Trident)
  5. Frank Wiemann (Folio)
  6. Peter Steinberg (Foundry)
  7. Gail Hochman (Brandt + Hochman)
  8. Atmosphere Press
  9. Jenny Bent (The Bent Agency)
  10. Ethan Ellenberg (The Ethan Ellenberg Agency)
  11. Barbara Lowenstein (Lowenstein Agency)
  12. Dorian Karchmar (William Morris Endeavor)
  13. Faye Bender (Faye Bender Literary Agency)
  14. Julie Barer (Barer Literary)
  15. Scott Miller (Trident Media Group)
  16. Daniel Mandel (Sanford J. Greenburger)
  17. Theresa Park (The Park Literary Group)
  18. Elyse Cheeney (Elyse Cheeney Literary Associates
  19. Miriam Goderich (Dystel + Goderich) (15)
  20. Barbara Braun (BB ASSOCIATES)​
  21. Michael Choate (The Choate Agency)
  22. Paul Cirone (Friedrich Agency) (16)
  23. Lucy Childs (Aaron M. Priest)
rejected
  1. Andrea Somberg
  2. Coffeetown Press
  3. Chicago Review 
  4. Annie Bomke (AB Literary Agency)
  5. Warren Fraser (John Hawkins + Associates)
  6. Amy Bishop (Dystel + Goderich)
  7. Quirk Books
  8. Sharon Belcastro (Belcastro Agency)
  9. Daniel Lazer (Writers House)
  10. Jennie Dunham (Dunham Agency)
  11. Elizabeth Pomada (Larson Pomada Literary Agency)
  12. Text Publishing
  13. ​Elizabeth Kratch
  14. Deborah Marsh (Gill Press)
MARCH

Every rejection brings me one step closer to success!
LIVE
  1. GUERNICA EDITIONS
  2. Elizabeth Kratch (Flip Flops)
  3. Stephanie Sinclair (Cooke McDermid)
  4. Carolyn Swayze (White Rock)
  5. Chad Luibl  (Flip Flops)
  6. ​Denise Bukowski (Flip Flops)
  7. Abigail Frank (Flip Flops)
  8. ​Aida Lily - YOU
  9. Alec Shane - Flip Flops
  10. Alyssa Jenette - Flip Flops
  11. Cassandra Rodgers - YOU
  12. Dorian Karchmar - Flip Flops
  13. Michael Harriot - Flip Flops
  14. Laura Langlie - YOU
  15. Adam Schear - Flip Flops
  16. Gail Ross - YOU
  17. Sorchie Elizabeth Fairbanks - Flip Flops
  18. Nicole James - YOU
  19. Matt McGowan - YOU
  20. Five Otter Literary (Cassandra Rogers) - YOU
  21. Sandy Lu - Flip Flops
  22. Veronique Baxter - YOU
  23. Jenni Ferrari-Alder - YOU
  24. Sally Wofford-Girand - Flip Flops
  25. ​Christy Fletcher - YOU​
rejected
  1. Jim McCarthy - YOU
  2. Christina Hogrebe - Flip Flops
  3. ​Vine Leaves Press
APRIL

Come on, roll a seven!
LIVE
  1. ​JESS REGEL - YOU
  2. Zoe Pagnamenta - YOU
  3. Scott Miller - YOU
  4. Irene Goodman - YOU
  5. Wendy Sherman - YOU
  6. Lorin Rees - YOU
  7. Bonnie Nadell - YOU
  8. Terra Chalberg - FLIP FLOPS
  9. Book*Hug Press - YOU
  10. ​Book*Hug Press - FLIP FLOPS
  11. Elyse Cheney - YOU
  12. Emily Forland
  13. Ellen Geiger
  14. Elizabeth Winnick Rubinstein
  15. Joanne Wyckoff
  16. Bonnie Solow
  17. Christopher Ferebee
  18. Christopher Schelling
  19. Daniel Egan Miller
  20. Eric Myers
  21. Monica Verma
  22. Gina Panettieri
  23. Kate Garrick
rejected
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AUGUST

Every rejection brings me one step closer to success!
LIVE
  1. Follow up on Guernica Editions
rejected
  1. NONE
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​SEE 10
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  1. ​The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald
  2. Talking Animals - Joni Murphy 
  3. ​Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie
  4. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America - Kies Laymon
  5. White Trash - Nancy Isenberg
  6. The Plague - Albert Camus
  7. Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World - David Antrim
  8. Heavy - An American Memoir - Kiese Laymon
  9. ON SUCH A FULL SEA - CHANG-RAE LEE
  10. Happiness tm - Will Ferguson
  11. How to Pronounce Knife - Souvankham Thammavongsa
  12. ​FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY DRINK MINT TEA - ALEX WOOD
  13. BEGIN BY TELLING - MEG REMY
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FOLLOW MY MONTHLY PROGRESS ON THE MONTH SPECIFIC PAGES!
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​FOLLOW MY MONTHLY PROGRESS ON THE MONTH SPECIFIC PAGES!​​​​​​​​​​​​
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MARCH 23rd: It only took me 82 days into the year, but finally, I ate an apple! Take that doc.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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