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Where did democracy come from?

By NattyB Posted on December 1, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Where did democracy come from?

Hello My Flames Have you ever wondered about democracy? I do. Especially these days as we deal with a brutal two-party system in this country. The word democracy comes from two Greek words. Demos, people and kratos, rule or power. …

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Tagged with: #nattyburns8, Andrew Jackson, Democracy, Nat Burns, natburns.com, Novelist, TheNattyBits.com, writing

Conquering the Inflammation Monster

By NattyB Posted on October 20, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

I have a tale of blood. Blood stolen from me, preparatory to tomorrow’s doctor visit…the third or fourth visit in as many weeks. In twenty fifteen, or thereabouts, I had a pretty serious strep infection that had me in bed …

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Tagged with: Inflammation

Warm Pie

By NattyB Posted on June 26, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

This is from a short piece published back in the eighties. I’m working on a horror anthology and stumbled across this in my story folder. Enjoy!   Warm Pie Keyboard wears a cloak of innocence, fooling outsiders into believing it …

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Tagged with: Nat Burns, Novelist, writing

Just a regular Tuesday

By NattyB Posted on April 19, 2022 Posted in Hello World, On The Home Front No Comments

A cute little roadrunner joined us for lunch yesterday. I didn’t see the coyote though. As you may know, the Golden Crown Literary Conference is coming here to Albuquerque New Mexico in July. I’ve been working with a group of …

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Tagged with: Bella Books, Desert Palm Press

Notes from Nat February 2022

By NattyB Posted on February 15, 2022 Posted in On the Writing Front No Comments

So, busy working on my March column for Lesbian News magazine. The February issue just came out. Check it out here. My column starts on page 32. Njoy!! North America’s #1 Lesbian News Magazinehttps://www.lesbiannews.com Lesbian News (@lesbiannews) • Instagram photos …

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Tagged with: Lesbians, Music, News, NotesfromNat

Such a shame. I love cheese!

By NattyB Posted on February 7, 2022 Posted in Health and All that Jazz, Uncategorized No Comments

Bummer! I came across this article which, actually, was something I knew but refused to think about. Now that I am working on my health a little more, it has become evident that I have to do away with cheese. …

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Tagged with: cheese, Health, Rennet, veganism, Vegetarianism

The words for Rosemary just keep piling up

By NattyB Posted on January 25, 2022 Posted in On the Writing Front No Comments
The words for Rosemary just keep piling up

So, another 2500 words on Rosemary today. This was a bit of a tough scene from a few days ago: A good thing as Lily was in sleep shorts and a T-shirt. She eased shut the door and took in …

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Tagged with: Aliens, dimensions, Nat Burns, SciFi, The Liaison

Rosemary, sequel to The Liaison, is coming right along

By NattyB Posted on January 25, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Well, I seem to be averaging 2500 words a day on Rosemary. This is the sequel (finally!) to The Liaison, my SF novel set in New Mexico. Now my characters have travelled to Bayou Lisse, Alabama and all kinds of …

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Tagged with: Nat Burns, Rosemary, SciFi, TheLiaison book

Gosh, I hate moving!!

By NattyB Posted on January 25, 2022 Posted in On The Home Front No Comments
Gosh, I hate moving!!

Looks like I might actually be able to return to normal life this week-writing and editing full time. Glad this nasty moving business is completed. The apartment that we lived in and absolutely loved, raised our rent $300 in one …

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Tagged with: Making choices, Moving, RV Life

Happy Yuletide and Merry Christmas!

By NattyB Posted on December 29, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

I’ve posted a new video, well, two actually. One is an introduction to my short story, JaneBishop’s Eyes, included in the Spinster’s Ink anthology, All in the Seasoning and the other is me reading the story. I hope you all …

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