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  • My Writing Process: Tools of the Trade

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    My Writing Process Series Howdy freeholders! It’s time for the first official installment of my series of blog posts on my writing process. Today were going to dive into the gear that I use for writing! Some people don’t even worry about this step and just jump right into brainstorming, but I have to represent…

  • My Writing Process: Intro

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    Howdy freeholders! Today I’m going to give you an introduction to a series of blog posts I’ve been inspired to write about my entire writing process from start to finish. Some of you (yeah, I’m looking at you two sitting in the back) may remember that I did a Saturday Snippet on this topic some…

  • Where do Titles Come From?

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    Heads up y’all: This is from my old blog (about 10 years ago) but it’s still relevent today, so I thought I’d share it with you, because back then, I think my dad was only one reading anything I wrote! Howdy Freeholders! I was asked by a reader:   “How do you come up with the…

  • When your muse has an attitude problem…

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    Howdy Freeholders, I thought this week I’d regale you with the answer to another question I get fairly often: “How do you come up with these wild story ideas?” I answered this sort of in another post, but I figured I’d give you some specific examples this time. I tell you what: it ain’t easy…

  • First post on the new blog

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    Howdy Muchachos! So this is the latest post on the blog, but for those of you who didn’t know, I moved from Wix to WordPress, so it’s been a bit of an adjustment to get things rolling again. Recently, I was asked by a reader:   “How do you come up with the titles for your books?”…

  • My top 3 genres to READ

    My top 3 genres to READ

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    Howdy Freeholders, This week, I’m going to write about my Top 3 Favorite Genres to read. I get asked this question enough, I figured I’d just do a quick write up about it and let y’all peer into the mind of me. Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction To start off, I have a close race…

  • Story Bibles

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    Howdy freeholders! This week I thought I’d write up a little bit about what Story Bibles are and how I use them. And if you’re a writer, I cannot express enough how much you should use them! Just as a note, I also recorded a Saturday Snippet on this topic. It was a short synopsis…

  • My Mobile Office

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    Note: This post contains affiliate links to certain products or services. What this means is if you purchase those products/services by following the links I provide, I get a monetary reward. It doesn’t cost you anything, and helps me out by providing a little pocket change to keep this site running. Thanks! Howdy freeholders! This…

  • I love winter…there. I said it.

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    Howdy muchachos! Here’s a little jewel for you. I love winter. There, I said it. A lot of people around here, especially in my age group (and definitely people older than me) all seem to complain and gripe about snow and cold weather…I know, I know, them bones ache and my knee hurts when it…

  • The day I fell into the pool

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    Howdy Freeholders! This is just a short snippet into my life. I’m not that old (I’m still adjusting to my 40s, thanks very much) and I thankfully don’t have much in the way of health issues, but I do have a dicey knee that flares up when we get pretty bad storms (it’s the change…