Category Archives: Books

An odd stage fright with no audience

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I just realized something. I’m actually afraid to type the first sentence of the book I have in my head. In fact, I’m a tad freaked out about it, because I don’t have a reluctant writing bone in my body … Continue reading →

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If anyone can conflate an oatmeal recipe with Holy writ, I can

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Right around the turn of the millennium, I found myself working for a local Best Western establishment.  It was a desk job, and primarily one that involved a ridiculously busy cache of check-ins and telephone reservations. Even though it fell … Continue reading →

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Billy Squier, and the roadside bomb of helpful advice

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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Overnight question for readers

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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.

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Guy Writing Book About Writer’s Block Just Staring At Screen

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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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I’m about ready to go all David Copperfield up in here

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

  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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The plot, um … yeah.

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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Stuey Takes a Holiday (on writing a book)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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If I live to be an old man, I want to geocache and obfuscate.

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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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Motivational Interviewing, Gamesmanship, and the Fine Art Of Manipulative Chess

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It was my exposure to Monty Python in the early days of my life (for some reason, my Texas born, depression-era father found them funny, all the while parsing out that appalling Benny Hill) that perhaps led to my love of … Continue reading →

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