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Memorial Day, Dad’s near incarceration, and an antediluvian rigging of the thimbles
Not a lot to peel forth on today. Remembering my own WWII Father and the stories he told me. One of which got him yanked out of a cockpit and preemptively detained in the presence of General MacCarthur. But that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, books, publishing, thimblerig's ark, writing
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Billy Squier, and the roadside bomb of helpful advice
One of the prevaricating tightropes I’ve had to maneuver in my life is the problem of exactly how much/what kind of advice to take in a variety of situations. I say this because advice in the infancy phase of one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Guitar, Music, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Blogging Advice, novel writing, publishing, Self publishing
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Overnight question for readers
When fleshing out YOUR writing processes–what has been that one linchpin–or catalyst that caused you to trudge on through? From where did you draw inspiration? I’m off to bed. See you tomorrow.
Guy Writing Book About Writer’s Block Just Staring At Screen
That would be a great headline. Fortunately, I don’t have that issue very much. Where to begin, however, might a be a bit trickier for me. I do know, I want to employ the oft-used In medias Res bit–that is … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, novel writing, publishing, Self publishing
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A brief history of aloofness.
Note: This article first appeared on a completely different blog that I have mothballed. It hardly saw any light. Thus, I redirect. -R.G.(M.O.N) It seems that every few years, I’ll go through a puritanical phase of faux elitism. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Card Tricks, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Adolf Anderssen, bucket list, card tricks, hotel california, Immortal Game, kopi luak, wine tasting
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I’m about ready to go all David Copperfield up in here
One thing I have learned by picking up this blogging thing at full cadence and with a committed-and-purchased web address is this: There are a LOT of us out there. If the attention of the average reader and fellow blogger … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, David Copperfield, novel writing, publicity, publishing, Self publishing, sleight of hand
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The plot, um … yeah.
So . . . after yesterday’s fulmination about writing, I went to bed completely excited about the plot to my heretofore-abandoned novel. Seems all the requisite absurdities that were missing from my mental blueprints all fell into place while I … Continue reading
Stuey Takes a Holiday (on writing a book)
I’ve discovered I’m an aberration. Apparently, the old adage about “everybody has a book in them,” applies to me in the exponential. Because I’ve got two or three. And they might be interesting. By that, I mean “two or three … Continue reading
If I live to be an old man, I want to geocache and obfuscate.
My father was born in 1918 and grew up in the Depression. He liked messing with stuff. And since the Depression limited one’s ability to acquire pre-packaged “stuff to mess with,” he learned to combine stuff not-meant-to-be-combined to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged ciphers, clifford hicks, code, da vinci, dan brown, national treasure, nicholas cage
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Box Number Seven 