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Derek S.B. Davis

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BSR Contributor Since July 22, 2012

Derek Davis is a former editor of the Welcomat and the Pennsylvania Gazette. He lives in Dushore, Pa.

Derek Davis is a former editor at the Welcomat and the Pennsylvania Gazette. He lives in Dushore, Pa., where he writes plays based on local history, edits translations of German PR, writes bits of fiction and introspection and generally wonders how other people see themselves when "retired."

Derek's novel, Gifts of a Dead Man, is available in both print and e-book editions from amazon.com, and in a variety of e-book formats at smashwords.com.

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Which way to the Academy of Music? Who cares?

They call me the arts king of Sullivan County

Salvation in the sticks

In Philly, I never joined anything. In rural, culturally deprived Sullivan County, Pa., I've been president of the arts council for the last five years. We have no paid staff and no home, but it's strangely satisfying in its hands-on immediacy.

Derek S.B. Davis

Mar 16, 2013 Essays 6 minute read

On throwing stuff out

The wordsmith's dilemma

As a writer, I have no paintings or pots to my credit. All I have to show for my life's work is my words. So why do they take up so damn much space?

Derek S.B. Davis

Dec 11, 2012 Essays 6 minute read

What I'd look like today (if I hadn't quit too soon)

Memoirs of a not-quite Web pioneer

Move over, Bill Gates, or: Memoirs of an Internet pioneer (who chickened out)

Before Facebook, before Twitter, even before Netscape, I conceived Internet brainstorms that could have made me gazillions. So where did I go wrong?

Derek S.B. Davis

Jul 28, 2012 Essays 7 minute read

Anyone here seen my X-Acto knife? It was just here a minute ago...

Welcomat memories: The old composition shop

The power and the clutter, or: Once upon a time at the comp shop

The South Philly composition shop where the old weekly Welcomat was pasted together epitomized the dying days of pre-desktop publishing. But it was a bizarre place by any standards.

Derek S.B. Davis

Jul 22, 2012 Essays 7 minute read