Portrait by C. Dey Prescott Contact Me D. R. Prescott has written a novel, short stories, a nonfiction book, a collection of essays, a full-length-three-act play, planetarium show/display scripts, two family histories, technical articles and business plans as well as written for and edited several newsletters. - Recent awards and published work include Writers' Journal, Long Story Short, Taj Mahal Review literary journal, The Orange County Register, Writer's Digest and Writing.com among others. - Prescott currently writes and explores life in Orange, California. "Sentience can be annoying." -DRP Abt. 1990 ________________________ My fifth contribution (BENGAY AND PROMISES) to The Taj Mahal Review Literary Journal December 2010 is available: http://ning.it/ggarW6 ________________________ Don Prescott appears on  Episode 7:Colonizing the Cosmos and 8:The God Question  of D. Wayne Dworsky's Alpha Centauri & Beyond Blog Talk Radio. Listen to internet radio with D Wayne Dworsky on Blog Talk Radio ________________________ http://www.mediauk.com/radio/531/blast-1386 ________________________

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