Ronald L. Donaghe
Winner of The Jim Duggins'
Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist award, 2008
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July 3, 2011...Las Cruces, NM... A lot has happened in the last three years. As I mentioned in my last update on this page, I retired from my job as a technical writer from New Mexico State University in December of 2008, thus joining other Baby Boomers in launching a post-retirement career. Back in 2000, I launched Two Brothers Press, not only for a publishing imprint for my own work, but also as a way to garner good books to edit. I have been editing furiously, since then, while unfortunately letting my own writing suffer greatly. Maybe when I reach full retirement age at 66 and draw on my SS benefits, I'll be able to return to full-time  writing (that is, between naps). For the moment, however, I do enjoy editing and occasionally contributing articles to various sites. One of those was as a guest writer on Bilerico, titled "A Probable History Before Stonewall." Yep, our young-pup LGBTs think history started way back in 1969 (hehehe...little do they know) and that from that point on history began... As we see an advancement in same-sex marriage, with legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, all of us can rejoice and look back with some contentment that we're slowly making progress. Now, if the Ninth Circuit Court would move on the California refutation of Prop 8, we'd have a hefty population of LGBT people who could marry. But 'nuff said on this issue, for now.

Currently, seven of my novels are available on the Amazon Kindle e-reader...

Common Sons

The Blind Season

The Salvation Mongers

The Gathering

Uncle Sean

Lance

All Over Him

The Thinking Man—Blog

I've been working on a blog for a few years, but I've never done anything to show it to the world. So, here it is. It's called "The Thinking Man," and in it, I write about subjects that strike me as interesting. I invite comments, and I have no idea if the thing allows me to censor/filter/or even respond to the comments. Here's the link: http://thinkingman-ron.blogspot.com/

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