Ronald Adams's Writings
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Article
Aug.05.2009
InspiredAuthor Website
"Do I have what it takes to become an author?" If someone were to ask me that question, I’d have to say I have no idea. The simple fact is every person has a story, but not every person knows how to tell it. In my humble opinion, it takes a special breed of person to become an “Author” with a big A. That would be the type of person who actually...
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Article
Aug.01.2009
The Buffalo News
It was a bad week. We all have them, kids and adults alike. Everything I touched broke, everything I tried to do became undone, and it seemed the harder I tried the further behind I wound up. Even the end of the workday brought no relief. The traffic was brutal, the never ending construction on Route 5 slowed everything to a crawl for no apparent reason,...
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Short Story
Jul.29.2009
A single bare hundred watt bulb shone brightly in the corner of the basement. It was a little too bright, and if he wasn’t careful the light burned his eyes when he looked up toward his job. It cast long shadows into the corners, and past the wall he was building was as black as pitch. For a basement, the heat was almost stifling. He would be glad to get...
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Short Story
Jul.29.2009
“Was she worth it?" The words hung on the Blackberry screen as Bill Franklin groped in the dark for the bedside lamp. He clicked on the light, still annoyed at being awakened by the vibrating phone on the nightstand. He stared unblinking at the miniature screen, the accusing question burning a hole through his eyes. He flipped through the call log to see...
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About Ronald
This is a summary of the past thirty years in more or less chronological order: Since high school, I went to college in Buffalo, New York. I got drunk, met my future wife, got sober, and got my degree. I worked nights and weekends and summers in construction...