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Author Archives: Ron Giesecke
I’ll shank a fool before I self-publish
This writing process thing–and by that I mean the fiction/novel crucible, is a bit daunting. When I started out thinking I was going to use this “down time” to write a book, I first went into Barnes & Noble, and started … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized
Tagged book, books, novel writing, Self publishing, writing
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Re-writing Is for Suckers
Actually having finished a rough draft of an entire book is a shock to the system for me. I talked all kinds of smack about it five years ago. I had all kinds of MS-13-level bravado about it. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Books, Writing
Tagged novel writing, publishing, Self publishing, writing
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. . . and my book is finished.
37 days from the start of this ridiculous, Iditarod-level lunacy. 47, 000 words, with at least another five waiting in elaborative revisionary addenda to concepts and scenes I refused to bog down in the initial process. Rewrite is next. Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Novel writing, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged books, novel writing, publicity, publishing, Self publishing, writing, young adult fiction
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Ken Tamplin told me I’m going to jail if I don’t listen to Dino Jelusic
Far be it from me to demur from an incendiary headline, in which I accuse people of saying things they didn’t say. Although, I’m not a journalist, so: It doesn’t come natural to me I feel the odd twinge of … Continue reading
Posted in Guitar, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Animal Drive, Dino Jelusic, Ken Tamplin, Ronnie James Dio, Shout
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15,000 words in
To my novel. My guess is, rough draft is done in 30 days.
Mark Twain on Journalism
“It seems to me that just in the ratio that our newspapers increase, our morals decay. The more newspapers the worse morals. Where we have one newspaper that does good, I think we have fifty that do harm. We ought … Continue reading
How’s a man supposed to carry on after this?
I just got my hands on a copy of Byron Preiss’ The Secret, knowing full well that the one treasure nearest me has not been recovered. There’s this thing that went through my head: What if I can look at … Continue reading
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Parables.
I’ve been headlong into a renaissance dip about codes and ciphers lately. I’ve gone on about this fascination numerous times on this platform, but now it’s simply become research for a book–for now. A friend of mine gifted me with … Continue reading
Posted in ciphers, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged bethel, codes, dan brown, Mystery, parables, wonder
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Jim Carrey, and the The Clutch That Is Killing Us
In the process of writing a book that draws from my own childhood experiences, I’ve been forced to try to relive the technical and informational limitations that define well over half the reason it’s worth using as the setting/plot/backdrop of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Entertainment, Faith, Social media, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Cable Guy, COVID, Jim carrey, Social media, televsion
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