John M Donovan
Goodbye, Nelson
Nelson is the first rooster I ever met in my life. We thought he was a she at first, only because we had requested all hens in our first...
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John M Donovan
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Hat Tip #3: Don Morton
Don Morton was married to my cousin Mary Beth Trimmer but I’m pretty sure we would have been friends under any circumstances. He was easy...
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John M Donovan
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Update on The Novel Formerly Known as the Nerf Novel
Fluffball! is undergoing a bit of an overhaul and should be ready to hit the market in March. Here's what happened. In fiction, your...
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John M Donovan
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Fluffball! Is Coming
Exciting news around Hillsboro Publishing these days: John M Donovan has announced that his fifth novel, Fluffball!, will be available...
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John M Donovan
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
It's Another Video
Sure, it's a video produced with a single static camera shot and the absolute minimum amount of editing, but it is a video. And if you...
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John M Donovan
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
How to Play Piano Ball
Piano Ball is a game I like to play sometimes while I'm waiting for the chickens and ducks to retire to their shed for the night. It's...
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John M Donovan
- Apr 2, 2020
- 5 min
And Now, a Message from the Serial Comma Promotion Board
In my day job as an advertising copywriter, I’ve done a lot of mingling with PR writers who refuse to use the serial comma. I’ve also...
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John M Donovan
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
What's in the Pipeline, Part 2
Second of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, who likes this format so much it might become a three-part interview, a four-part...
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John M Donovan
- Jan 30, 2020
- 2 min
What's in the Pipeline, Part 1
First of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, author of Love and Corn and Whatnot and three other novels Q. So Love and Corn and...
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John M Donovan
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Hat Tip #2: Jim Bouton
Jim Bouton, a former major league pitcher and one of my literary heroes, died last week at the age of 80 after battling a form of...
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John M Donovan
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
We Would Like a Hamburger Disappointment Meal
My wife Cybil is about halfway through collecting all the Avengers Endgame Happy Meal toys, mainly to protect her desk at work from...
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John M Donovan
- Apr 17, 2019
- 11 min
15 Influential Albums or, I Don't Have to Follow Your Silly Game Rules, Facebook
I was recently chosen to participate in one of those Facebook games where you post ten albums that had an impact on you—one album cover...
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John M Donovan
- Feb 22, 2018
- 1 min
Are You Pro-Prologue or Anti-Prologue?
I have recently learned that there are people who don’t read prologues. These are avid readers, I’m told. They just don’t read prologues....
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John M Donovan
- Dec 9, 2017
- 1 min
Sometimes You Just Have to Make a Video
Here's a fun 90-second video for you. Thanks to my friend Dave Stuck for producing and editing!
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John M Donovan
- Dec 1, 2017
- 1 min
Where is The Rocheville Devil?
Not long after I published Trombone Answers, I started teasing that my next novel, The Rocheville Devil, would be coming soon. Two years...
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John M Donovan
- Aug 18, 2017
- 3 min
Hat Tip #1: Yours Truly Dick Karner
(First in a series, I hope, of blog entries saluting people whose impact on my life is still felt today.) I had some weird misconceptions...
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John M Donovan
- Jul 10, 2017
- 6 min
Book Review: The Cave Ghost
Book Review: The Cave Ghost by John M Donovan Reviewed by M. Creighton, Palookaville Weekly Shopper When I heard that literary historians...
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John M Donovan
- Apr 19, 2017
- 1 min
So You Specialize in Nostalgia?
I’ve written a few dozen songs in my life but only a handful would be considered funny. One of these is called “Talking Kidney Surgery...
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John M Donovan
- Mar 22, 2017
- 5 min
Here's That $5 Essay
This is the essay I referred to in the previous blog post. I’ve updated it slightly and had to do some sleight-of-hand to correct my...
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John M Donovan
- Mar 21, 2017
- 2 min
Tales of the Underpublished: The Sad $5
Back in 1995 I quit my first ad-agency job in a misguided and financially irresponsible attempt to make a living writing freelance...
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