Tag: Writing
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My Writing Process: Publishing (part 1)
My Writing Process Series Howdy Freeholders! It’s time for the next to last installment in my Writing Series of Blog Posts, all about Indie Publishing. This may not be your cup of tea if you’re happy being a reader, but if you’ve ever wanted to see your words in print and have a go at…
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The Inspiration behind the Broken Tide series
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…
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The Inspiration behind the Solar Storm series
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…
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5 Mistakes Authors should avoid…
This week I thought I’d look at mistakes and offer my list of the top five mistakes I think new authors should try avoiding if possible. 1) Rushing through the Editing Process When you rush through editing, you take a huge rick that you’ll be leaving mistakes in your manuscript — mistakes that may cause…
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Fan Forum: How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted your writing?
A little while back I posted a question on my Facebook page—I was curious to know what my readers want to know, or would like me write about on this blog. One of my readers (thanks, Shane!) posed this question: How do you see the impact of the Ukrainian invasion by Russia influence your writing…
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I am a Dictator
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…
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Scrivener: Part 2
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…
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Scrivener: Part 1
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…
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How I come up with ideas
How do I come up with Ideas for stories? I’m a freak. I’ll admit it. My mind is constantly humming along and my imagination is crazy vivid and always on. This means some people think I’m either crazy or paranoid or both, but no one can say that I’m boring. I can look at anything…
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Where I Write
Howdy Freeholders, Today, I thought I might pull back the curtain a little bit, as some people have been curious about how the sausage is made, as it were. I may or may not have mentioned before (depending on which blog posts you’ve read) that I dictate my work. Because of how I write, I…
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