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Excerpt: Sin Against the Race – Chap. 2
It’s interesting how things can change during the editing process, even in the later stages after rereading and rehashing the paragraphs many times. The beginning of this chapter was in Chapter 1, but after much tinkering I finally felt that it works better here. The result is that now almost all of Chapter 1 takes place in Sammy’s store, reaffirming its place as the home base. Continue reading
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Excerpt: Sin Against the Race, Chap. 1
[Editor's note: This excerpt is from an earlier draft of the first chapter.] Sin Against the Race began life close to 20 years ago as a short story about a young black man in his late teens named Bill … Continue reading