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Forrest Carr

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Robert Heinlein, Mark Twain

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Named as a 2015 Kirkus Reviews "Author to Watch," Forrest Carr is novelist, blogger, former radio talk show host, and former TV news director. He is the author of the novels The Dark, Messages and A Journal of the Crazy Year, and co-author of the college journalism textbook, Broadcast News Handbook. After graduating from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, Carr spent 33 years in the television news industry, and was a news director in the Tampa, Fort Myers, Albuquerque, and Tucson television markets. Carr has received or shared credit in more than 90 journalism awards, including a Suncoast Regional Emmy for investigative reporting and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative reporting. H ...more

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OMG. Is it happening? This was supposed to be fiction!

Violent flash mobs hit the streets? Check.

Jetliners falling out of the sky, under the control of homicidal maniacs? Check.

Sleeping sickness erupts? Check.

World goes mad? Zombie apocalypse to follow? Stand by.

Coast To Coast AM listeners heard these predictions just last month. Readers of my novel, A Journal of the Crazy Year, saw them even sooner.

In February Coast To Coast AM host George Noory had Read more of this blog post »
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Published on April 03, 2015 11:52 Tags: apocalypse, science-fiction, zombies
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“What’s more insane? Hearing imaginary voices? Or not hearing the real ones?”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

“Sanity is over-rated. It lacks color.”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

“We don’t go in for that psychodynamic stuff around here. Those guys will talk you to death, clean out your bank account while they are doing it, and then invite you to come back and express your innermost feelings about being broke.”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

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“What’s more insane? Hearing imaginary voices? Or not hearing the real ones?”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

“You know how they say that if you think you might be going crazy, it’s proof that you’re not? Well, it’s a lie. One of many they tell you about mental illness.”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

“We don’t go in for that psychodynamic stuff around here. Those guys will talk you to death, clean out your bank account while they are doing it, and then invite you to come back and express your innermost feelings about being broke.”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

“John raised an eyebrow. “So you wouldn’t date someone like you?�
“Oh, hell, no. I’m insane, but that would be nuts.”
Forrest Carr

“You can scoff at opinions. You can reject hypotheses. You can discard theories out of hand. But you cannot reject the facts”
Forrest Carr, A Journal of the Crazy Year

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Forrest Carr BarbēlōΆņĝěł wrote: "((HUGS))"

Back at ya! :-)
Hey, check out my latest blatherings. This is heavy.



Forrest Carr Same here!


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