Category: Writing
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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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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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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…
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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…
