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Novels, Short Stories, Essays

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Words Reflecting Life to Create Meaning . . .

Hello, and welcome to my website!  Thanks for visiting!

My writing name, PJ Schaefer, comes as a nod to my deceased father and his family, whose name vanishes with our generation because he and his brothers had only female progeny.

I have been writing for a very long time, and here I include a description of and link to my e-books, some samples of my published short fiction and nonfiction, a view videos in which I discuss my process and 2 books on which I am currently working, and a little biography. 

MY KINDLE AUTHOR PAGE LINK [or where to see and buy my books]:

https://www.amazon.com/author/pjs6-thejourneysofmywords-21c 

Past Projects

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Find here some of my previously published short fiction and essays. Just click on the image to get the link, please.

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Watch some videos about my process and my works-in-progress.

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