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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Dreams: A subconscious writing resource

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    Howdy Freeholders, welcome back for another riveting blog post! Recently I’ve been talking a lot about the writing process, the tools I use, where I get my inspiration…that kind of stuff. But there’s one area that I haven’t touched on very much, as far as inspiration and story ideation are concerned. You see, I have…

  • The Inspiration behind the Broken Tide series

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    Howdy, muchachos! When you think of post-apocalyptic scenarios, the big three come to mind: An EMP event (or other grid down scenario), Nuclear War, or Biological Outbreak (intentional, accidental, or natural).[1] Then you start to see other plays on the man themes of survival: massive earthquakes, super-volcanoes, meteor storms, climate crisis, AI revolution, terrorism run…

  • The Inspiration behind the Solar Storm series

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    This week I’d like to share the inspiration behind the Solar Storm series. It was kind of a two part story. I’m an amateur astronomer, in that I enjoy dragging my telescope out under the night sky and observing the stars, galaxies, planets, and the Moon. I get a special thrill out of being outside…

  • I am a Dictator

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    Howdy muchachos! As some of you may know, I’m a dictator. No, I don’t sit around in tropical linens under palm trees smoking Cuban cigars with big shiny sunglasses and a bushy beard. I mean dictator in the nicest terms — an author who speaks instead of writes with a pen or types on a…

  • Scrivener: Part 2

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    So last time, I wrote about how I love using Scrivener, the fantastic long-form writing software I and many writers rely on. You can read it here if you haven’t already. Overly complex? I think not. Scrivener has gotten the reputation of being overly complicated and coming with a steep learning curve.[1] It’s true that…

  • Scrivener: Part 1

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    Every author likes explaining the process, how they come up with ideas, how they write, all the effort they put into their stories, the blood, sweat, the tears, the joy! I think, it’s a way we justify ourselves to people who don’t write, to people who still see the mystery of being a writer. When…