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Frank Hopkins lived in Queens and Long Island, New York while attending Hofstra University in the 1960s, the location and time period of Unplanned Choices. He became involved in writing while earning his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. He held the position of Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton in the 1970s, where he published numerous referred journal articles and a monograph on industrial location. He continued technical writing while working at the Department of Energy in the late 1970s and as a government and business development consultant since 1980. He moved to Ocean View DE in 2001 where as a consultant he managed or participated in writing proposals in response to Federal Govern ...more

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Frank E. Hopkins Lost a Federal Government contract fo r$270 million because the contracting office for the Government department lived with her boyfriend the marketin…moreLost a Federal Government contract fo r$270 million because the contracting office for the Government department lived with her boyfriend the marketing person of the winning company. This event became the imputus for writing my mystery/triller, The Opportunity.(less)

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Frank E. Hopkins I plan ahead to avoid writers block. When I first begin writing a novel or short story I create a detailed outline, including chapters and scenes with…moreI plan ahead to avoid writers block. When I first begin writing a novel or short story I create a detailed outline, including chapters and scenes within chapters. I enter that data on the top row of a spreadsheet. I follow by entering rows that include the date of the scene, characters in the scene, purpose of the scene, opening sentence of the scene, closing or transition sentence to the scene. When I have completed this process each scene is easy to read. If I get stuck on one scene I always move to another so as not to waste precious writing time.(less)

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