: About Me

E. P. Ned Burke has worked in the publishing business for over 30 years. Besides holding the title of editor of various newspapers in Florida and Pennsylvania, he was also the editor/publisher of Yesterday's Magazette, New Writer's and Writer's Guidelines and News magazines.

He now lives in Sarasota, Florida with his wife, Carrillee, and has published six novels and numerous stories, articles and columns.

He is the president of E. P. Burke Publishing and serves as the online editor of Yesterday's Magazette, and The Perspiring Writer Magazine.

His copywriting service,"My Personal Copywriter," serves the needs of authors, publishers and small business owners. In addition, he owns Ebooks on Writing, Ebooks For Marketeers and The eBay Book Nook Depot.

My passion is ...

Writing, golf, movies and life

I know too much about ...

Writers

My parents always told me ...

Don't be a writer!

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Named captain of first Biddy Basketball Team in the nation.

Why I write ...

Do I have a choice?

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading James Patterson, Robert B. Parker and James Lee Burke.

My first job ...

Parking Lot Cashier

My best moment ...

... is yet to come.

My inspiration ...

Carrillee

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Tales of delinquent pets

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The first time I saw him he was lying on his back in my neighbor's backyard with his tongue hanging out. A few minutes earlier, Mrs. Haddock had knocked on our door and begged my mother to help her. "It's Jimmy!" she had said excitedly. "I think he's had a heart attack." My mother, never having met the new neighbors who had moved into the neighborhood the day before, was shocked at the news. "Do you want me to call an ambulance?" Mrs. Haddock shook her head. "No. Just come with me. He's in the backyard." When my mother discovered "Jimmy" was a dog, a huge Saint Bernard, she was reluctant t...

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