5 a.m. Stories
Robert BaslerLifelong journalist's stories he can't stop telling himself... Romance, humor and a wide, razzle-dazzle world....
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 338 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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When Every Word Counts...
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I have some breathtaking news about my 5 a.m. Stories.
Last Sunday, I posted my 200th new story! That’s a total of 220,000 words in my online archive, and of course that doesn’t even include Feline Fridays, Wombat We...
Throwback Thursday: Fiddling Around...
For some reason, U.S. journalists tend to obsess over anniversaries. We just can’t get enough of them.
We just love starting a story with, “Forty-nine years ago, tomorrow…”
I mention U.S. journalists specifically, because this doesn’t se...
Wahoo, or Yahoo? About Those Nude Photos...
Lady, you didn’t sign your name. May I just call you Mother Teresa?
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Feline Friday: Make a Beeline for the Feline...
Welcome to the first-ever Feline Friday!
My meticulous market research has shown there is a distinct shortage of kitten photos online, so I’m staking a claim on that rich territory before somebody else gets there first.
I can’t imagine th...
Throwback Thursday: A Sign of the Times?
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This is a double duty note. First, as usual, I’m introducing today’s Throwback Thursday rerun.
The 5 a.m. Story, from one year ago, tells about the strang...
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Lifelong journalist, more than 30 years with Reuters, a wealth of experiences from interviewing Kurt Vonnegut to Dolly Parton, and much, much more. Traveled the world, now living in a historic Tudor home haunted by an actual Baroness.
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