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\n   Below are a couple of Novels I’ve written<\/strong>, and a link to some Short Stories I wrote<\/strong> long ago. (Confession:<\/em> These things were created just for the fun of it, without expecting to publish them. You’ve been warned.)<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Jeebus: A Novel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Read an Excerpt<\/strong><\/a> or<\/em> here’s a PDF Version of the complete Novel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Reverend Mike and His Light Being Love Posse: A Novel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Read an Excerpt<\/strong><\/a> or<\/em> here’s a PDF Version of the complete Novel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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AND my Short Stories<\/strong> are => HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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   Finally, My Newest Project<\/strong>: Twenty-some years ago I wrote, then self-published, a goofy novel I hoped might reflect my reverence for the transcendent seriocomic novels of Tom Robbins, (R.I.P.), my literary higher power. I called it God Has a Comb-Over and Other Little Known Facts About The Deity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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   17 years after publication (2009), I have tried, helplessly, to remove the novel from Amazon. It needs work. Lots of work<\/em>.
\n   It’s officially “Out of Print,” but used copies appear now and then. (I just purchased what I hope is the last of these.)
\n    Today, the day after All Fools’ Day, 2026, I began re-writing the novel, with the hope of re-publishing it within the next year (or so.) You can read a bit more about it, and see how it’s going, => HERE<\/a><\/strong>.
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   In honor of reviving my liaison avec la fiction<\/em> (“secret, illicit romance with fiction”, I use the French in honor of the French Origin of my name, to wit<\/em>, “Gaillard”), I’ve channeled some Writing Wisdom<\/strong> for you. You’re welcome:
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