Craig Bieber

(First published at JustOneOpinion.com on February 5, 2009)

This is a short story. It’s a story full of pain and truth, yet with a happy ending.

In technical terms, getting a new knee is called a “knee arthroplasty.” Currently, almost half a million people in our country have either a knee or a hip replacement every year. It’s both a bane and a blessing of being a “Boomer” in our current world. Most members of our generation have led more active lives than our parents did, and we are fortunate to live in an era where technological advances are rapidly keeping pace with our drive to wear our parts out.

I had a knee arthroplasty two weeks and three days ago. Getting to the point where you are ready to commit to this surgery generally follows a period of years with angst and pain. Making the elective decision to go through a period you know is going to be full of even more intense angst and pain is not an easy one.

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I am excited to introduce the new website and blog that will enable me to keep readers up to date on what is going on with Saylor’s Triangle, the work on the sequel to Saylor’s Triangle, The Permanent Plan, and my growing list of articles being posted on JustOneOpinion.com.

This website and blog will allow readers to contact me, get background information on Saylor’s Triangle and The Permanent Plan, and get information on any new developments related to my writing.  It will also give you links to the other great writers who I have partnered with at Just One Opinion, and in our efforts to market our books.

Please use the Contact Craig page to direct your questions to me.

I introduced Fred Longcoor to the world in my novel, Saylor’s Triangle. Comments from Fred’s unpublished Book on Life were used as relative points at the completion of each of the twenty-nine chapters in Saylor’s Triangle. His wit, wisdom, and common sense grasp of the ironies and foibles of the life around us perfectly complimented the twists and turns of my book.

With overwhelming feedback from readers who want to hear more from Fred, I decided to create a forum for him to comment about today’s world. Since Alaska is truly at the “Top of the World,” the title gives a sense of Fred’s ability to overview the world and make comments.

Fred is a pretty salty guy, so I have edited his language from what it is in Saylor’s Triangle. He also tends to be brutally honest. His unedited comments will be featured on the SaylorsTriangle.com and CraigBieber.com websites and blogs on an ongoing basis.

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