Author: The Freeholder
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Special Event: Book Giveaway!
Okay, this isn’t my regular blog post for the week, but this isn’t any usual event I’ve taken part in before, either. Today and tomorrow only, I’m part of a book giveaway where you can get more than 100 Sci-Fi books (from more than 100 authors!) for FREE. Yes, for FREE. Why am I talking…
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My Writing Process: Publishing (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) ← You Are Here Howdy Freeholders! It’s time…
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The day I became a dictator
Howdy Freeholders! This week’s edition of the Update will be a little different. I originally wrote the following post almost ten years ago in January of 2016. It’s just as appropriate today, since I get asked why and how I became a dictation writer —here’s the answer and the exact moment (January 8, 2016). If…
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My Writing Process: Cover Design
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 ← You Are Here Howdy Freeholders! It’s time for another episode in my…
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My Writing Process: Formatting
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 ← You Are Here Howdy Freeholders! In today’s blog post, I’m going over my formatting process. It’s…
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My Writing Process: Editing….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 ← You Are Here Howdy Freeholders! Welcome to the second part of my editing post, itself a part of my…
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My Writing Process: Editing…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 ← You Are Here Howdy freeholders! It’s time for another blog post in my series about how I write my writing process. Today I’m…
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My Writing Process: The First Draft
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 <— This Week Howdy Freeholders, Just a quick reminder before I launch into the blog post: you’ll want to get your copy of Disavowed soon! The $.99 price won’t last…
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My Writing Process: Plotting
My Writing Process Series Part 1: Intro Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Taking Notes Part 4: Plotting <— This Week Howdy freeholders! It’s time for another edition of my blog posts series on my writing process. I am going to discuss how I plot my stories today so buckle up and get…
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My Writing Process: Taking Notes
My Writing Process Series Part 1: Intro Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Taking Notes <— This Week Howdy freeholders! It’s time for another edition of my blog posts series on my writing process. I am going to discuss note-taking and how I keep track of all the things I write down, from…