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 Part 1: Intro Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Taking Notes Part 4: Plotting Part 5: The First Draft Part 6: Editing…or the Second Draft Part 7: Editing…Part 2 Part 8: Formatting Part 9: Cover Design Part 10: Publishing (part 1) Part 11: Publishing (part 2) Part 12: Marketing…
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Writing Process: Marketing (part 1)
My Writing Process Series Part 1: Intro Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Taking Notes Part 4: Plotting Part 5: The First Draft Part 6: Editing…or the Second Draft Part 7: Editing…Part 2 Part 8: Formatting Part 9: Cover Design Part 10: Publishing (part 1) Part 11: Publishing (part 2) Part 12: Marketing…
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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 Part 1: Intro Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Taking Notes Part 4: Plotting Part 5: The First Draft Part 6: Editing…or the Second Draft Part 7: Editing…Part 2 Part 8: Formatting Part 9: Cover Design Part 10: Publishing (part 1) Part 11: Publishing (part 2) ← You Are…
