Category Archives: Blogging

It’s my 200th post! High fives all around!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

The fits and turns of vainglory, victory laps, and a giant helping of the Kanye West, egotistical entree from the narcissist’s secret menu are all mine. Yep.  I just threw a singular ticker-tape across the room.  Instead of looking like … Continue reading →

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Reblogging the self: A question for the WordPress community

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Does anyone here know or understand the re-blogging mechanism when it comes to reaching into the archives of one’s own blog? This is primarily to avoid having write the occasional “greatest hits” post every so often. Early on (almost a year … Continue reading →

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What does it mean

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

When the book you’re reading telling you “how to get a book published” is the only book the author OF THAT book has in print?

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Catatonic reading trauma

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m not sure what kind of cerebral scarring I have, but . . . There is a very real similarity between that form of hypnotic narcolepsy that sets in when I’m driving a mundane highway in the small hours, and … Continue reading →

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Little thoughts for Wednesday

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Today, I suffer from the affliction of “not wanting to write some scrawling, magnum opus for five measly clicks today.”  What I mean by that is, I have a really steady stream of regulars coming in here. I have over … Continue reading →

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Ghosts in the machine, ghosts of a chance, and starting a novel 

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So the initial starting point for the novel I’ve had in my head for years is finally begging to come out.  It’s got historical merit.  It’s got comedic offshoots.  It’s got out-and-out absurdity. So I’ll just say this much.  The … Continue reading →

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I guess I need to blog about books now. I’ll shut up about fishing.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I could actually write about the city of McCloud, Ca. and do it apart from the fact that the river is there, and I just happen to find it more magical than other places.  So . . . as far … Continue reading →

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Peripatetic blogging and the start of a novel 

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  I’ve got a novel in my head. And I’m going to start discussing it in the general, even if I avoid the specifics. A while back, I wondered about the idea of sharing snippets of a novel on the blog. … Continue reading →

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My Amazon purchase: SOMEBODY! KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

For the next little while, you will intermittently be hearing about my fascination with author Stant Litore’s  Zombie Bible Series.  And for a minute here, you’re going to hear about it again, although, not exactly the way I had intended … Continue reading →

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Concerning the reverse-psychology of homeliness

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

A few years ago, I started messing around with buying dime-store reading glasses.  I did this mainly because my eyes would intermittently have moments of focal-challenges.  But 95 % of the time, I didn’t really need them. A few years … Continue reading →

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