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Robert Sadler
- Apr 27
- 3 min
One Ends, Another begins
Inspiration is always there if you seek it and accept it! For example, I finished No Expectation of Privacy (novel #22 now available)...


Robert Sadler
- Apr 11
- 2 min
A poet's anniversary
Poetic License #4121964 April 12, 2022 - An Anniversary, 58 Years In The Making Now, at age seventy-five, somewhere in misty memory is...


Robert Sadler
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Now For Something completely different
If you are a movie buff... if you've seen this scene once, you've likely seen it many times. Here's what happened: Oh, and if you have...


Robert Sadler
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Where to start READINg MG&A?
Frequently Asked Questions: What is the start of your series? Is it two series? Do I have to read them in order? 1) Where to start?...


Robert Sadler
- Jan 11
- 3 min
WRITING AS VISUAL ART
Who says writing isn’t a visual medium, i.e., visual art? Actually, I don’t know if anyone has ever asked the question before, but...


Robert Sadler
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Flowers For the Living @ Christmas Time
As Christmas Eve and Christmas approaches two births and one death come to mind. My older-sister was born on Christmas Eve which we will...


Robert Sadler
- Dec 13, 2021
- 5 min
Quandary-#of Pages & Writing Goals
HOW MANY WORDS IN A NOVEL? One Writer's Opinion: As existential questions go, “HOW MANY WORDS IN A NOVEL?” is not at the top of the...


Robert Sadler
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
rjs Celebrates Book #20 at Desperados
Today was a double celebration. First for yesterday's (12.9.21) completion of Penguins & Black Swans, the twentieth novel from The...


Robert Sadler
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Natural Born Killer-Story Teller
Is there a ‘book’ in you? I ask, why not? Of course your life, or mine, (as a life story) may not be as toothsome as say, “The Audie...


Robert Sadler
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
why? "ten boxes"
Above is a piece of digital art I created in February 2017. I titled it Ten Boxes on a midnight blue field. It was an exercise in color...


Robert Sadler
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
Heroine Remembered
Marie Frances Tippit, died Tuesday, March 2, 2011. She was 92. A heroine, known to every officer of the Dallas Police Department and...


Robert Sadler
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Zoom True Crime Talk on YouTube
Graphic courtesy of Dallas Public Library The graphic above demonstrates the impetus for the Zoom panel discussion that occurred on...


Robert Sadler
- Jun 19, 2021
- 1 min
Patches & Poem on Display
Jane Covington stands between her husband's framed law enforcement patches and my poem, both installed yesterday, June 18th at the Circle...


Robert Sadler
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
ZOOM True Crime Panel Went well!
This past Saturday, June 12th (2pm-3:30pm) I participated in the Zoom panel discussion mentioned below. Thanks to the Dallas Public...


Robert Sadler
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Plaque @ Desperados
HONORS "MICHAEL GRANT" Desperados Mexican Restaurants Desperados (Uno - 4818 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206) Desperados (Dos - 3443 W...


Robert Sadler
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Reading Order
I am often asked: "You have a lot of books, where should I start? The answer is... anywhere! Each book in the Michael Grant & Associates...


Robert Sadler
- Apr 18, 2021
- 5 min
SEEING IS BELIEVING II
For 17 novels I have followed the characters as they told and acted their stories. When new characters introduce themselves and new...


Robert Sadler
- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
Michael Grant #17
Since I began this novel during the first week in January and during the loss of power and water in February I wrote part of "No... it's...


Robert Sadler
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
characters are often Quotable...
As is often the case when WITD (Writing Into The Dark) characters will and do say the darnedest things, as Art Linkletter used to say of...


Robert Sadler
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Facing the Kobayashi Maru as a Writer
To be a creative writer, one must give in to the creator and creation. Writers are not the creator; it is the thoughts of the creator...