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    The Writer
    The Writer
    The Writer
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    The Writer

    By Robert Ray Moon

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    An aspiring young journalist seeks a job as a reporter and finally lands a position as a copy boy. His wannabe spirit to become a writer is not damped as he finally is given the opportunity to report on the story of a lifetime. His dreams are unfolding and will they finally be revealed or dashed to ashes?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Ray Moon
    Release dateSep 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301885220
    The Writer
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    Robert Ray Moon

    I am married to Hazel for 66 years. We have 4 grown children. We are retired ministers and are each writing a blog. I am currently writing fictional continued stories on my blog and publishing e-books.

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      The Writer - Robert Ray Moon

      The Writer

      Author Robert Ray Moon

      Copyright 2013 Robert Ray Moon

      ISBN: 9781301885220

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any form or by any means - - electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording or by any other – except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the permission of the author.

      Dedicated to my wife Hazel who is my Editor

      Chapter 1 A Story at Last

      Struggling to get some journalistic training was tough, but it was even harder to get a job at the local newspaper, and the best our writer friend could find was a copy boy position.

      In those days being a copy

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