Author: The Freeholder
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Prepper Mindset: Adventures in Retail
Howdy freeholders! Last time I talked about my observations working in a retail environment before a hurricane hit. In this post, I’ll go over my observations working in a different retail store, this time in Texas, when a major ice storm rolled through the area. [1] I don’t know if you know anything about Texas,…
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Prepper Mindset: The Hurricane
Howdy Freeholders! Today I’m writing about the prepper mindset and how people perceive—or their lack of perception—situations that are or could in fact be quite dangerous. In a previous post about being prepared and the prepper mindset I briefly mentioned having an experience or two to share with you. When I lived in Florida and…
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How I beat Writer’s Block (TLDR: with a stick!)
Howdy, Freeholders! Okay, I had to post something different this week. I’m going to tell you about how I overcome writer’s—or editor’s—block. And it all started with a painting. When I was working on the final version of Sic Semper Tyrannis, I found it increasingly hard to focus on a particular chapter. I know what…
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You’re a Prepper, I’m a Prepper, who’s a Prepper?
Welcome back, Freeholders! And Happy New Year! I know there are a few places in America where things have gotten off to a shaky start, and with that in mind, I think today’s post is all the more applicable. You never know when bad stuff is going to happen, so the only way to combat…
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Why Be Prepared: Prepper Mindset
In a previous post, I wrote about why we should be prepared, what that means for me, and how I came to that realization. Today, I’d like to talk about the prepper mindset. I had some valuable experiences and I gained tremendous amount of experiential knowledge over that long hurricane season of 2004—but was I…
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Writing Process: Marketing (part 2)
My Writing Process Series Howdy Freeholders, So here we are, the last in the planned series of posts about how I create, publish, and market a book. Last time we left off with the 1st tier marketing company I use (hint: it’s BookBub). Today, I’m going to talk about the 2nd level of marketers I…
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Writing Process: Marketing (part 1)
My Writing Process Series Howdy freeholders! It’s time for another edition of my series of blog posts on my writing process. Today I want to talk about—I can say that because I’m dictating this entry—marketing. This is the final step in the writing process and it’s a doozy, so I’m splitting it into 2 parts.…
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Thankful
Howdy Freeholders! I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and that you and yours are enjoying the holiday season as things really get kicked off. Halloween was always a favorite of mine when I was growing up—what kid doesn’t like tons of free candy—but the older I get, the more I appreciate Thanksgiving. There’s no…
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Why Be Prepared?
Welcome back, Freeholders! As things seem to get worse and worse out there, from the weather—which is always unpredictable whether (see what I did there?) you believe in ‘climate change’ or not—to terrorism and natural disasters, I can’t help but see more and more references to a movement in America taken up by a certain…
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My Writing Process: Publishing (part 2)
My Writing Process Series Howdy Freeholders! Last time we left off with publishing basics, specifically at Amazon. This week, I’ll continue showing you how the sausage is made and pick up where we left off. Hang on tight, we’re going wide. Reminder: when independent authors say they’re going wide, they mean they’re publishing with anyone…
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