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Writers, Set a Timer: Drawing Inspiration from Major League Baseball's New Rule Changes
Major League Baseball made a few rule changes this offseason. The most significant: In an effort to create a quicker pace of play, a...


Long Overdue Newsletter - March 2023
Story of Our First Pop-up Bookstore Event This is First Draft , a hidden gem in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago. The bar's...


Chicago Pop-up Bookstore - First Draft on Sunday, Feb.26
We're mixing things up for this month's newsletter since we only have one BIG piece of news. We're opening a bookstore!! Well, alright, a...


Long Overdue Newsletter - January 2023
Quote of the Month "I asked questions of everyone, every day. I read, cooked, tasted, and also wrote about food, all in an effort to...


Long Overdue - 2022 Year in Review
Wow! What an exciting year at Long Overdue. I'm always on the long-winded side in my posts, so I'll try my best to fly through an entire...


Long Overdue Newsletter - December 2022
Quote of the Month Papa Elf Well, silly as it sounds, a lot of people down south don't believe in Santa Claus. Buddy What?!? Who do they...


Long Overdue Newsletter - November 2022
Quote of the Month Gus Del Griffith! How the hell are ya? Del Griffith Well, I'm still a million bucks shy of bein' a millionaire!...


Writing Dialogue: Two Rules to Keep in Mind
By: Chris O'Brien Ninety-five percent of the time, when I think I've come up with a great piece of writing advice, I pause for a second...

Long Overdue - 2022 Holiday Book Catalogue
Books make for excellent gifts. But before heading to the New York Times Bestseller list, and certainly before logging on Amazon, we'd...


Meet the Godfreys: Scroll Page
Elevator Pitch Casablanca meets Saved by the Bell -- with a dash of The Screwtape Letters. Back of the Book Description Brad and Mark...

Long Overdue Newsletter - October 2022
Quote of the Month "The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them." - Alfred Hitchcock Sample - "The Book of Monsters:...


Headstone House - Max
By: C.W. Lochland A grave is where you go to end a story. And the more stories that end, the more headstones you find. I suppose if you...


Headstone House - Chute
By: Rosalyn Price A grave is where you go to end a story. And the more stories that end, the more headstones you find. I suppose if you...


Headstone House - Gathering
By: Agatha Brennan A grave is where you go to end a story. And the more stories that end, the more headstones you find. I suppose if you...


Headstone House - Cemetery
By: Marius Crowley A grave is where you go to end a story. And the more stories that end, the more headstones you find. I suppose if you...


Safe Landing Updates - September 2022
Couple of updates to share about Safe Landing. First, our three author heroes joined Cyrus Webb for his radio show on Blog Talk Radio....

Long Overdue Newsletter - September 2022
Quote of the Month "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and...


Headstone House - Gravegrass
Note - We don't believe in putting advertisements in the middle of a story or pay walls. That's a terrible experience as a reader....

Long Overdue Newsletter - August 2022
Quote of the Month "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai * Optional alteration - "One...


Long Overdue Newsletter - July 2022
"You heading back into the office or keep doing the work from home thing?" Quote of the Month Background - This is Bill Hader describing...
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