Category Archives: Writing

New Show On Deck (Pun Intended)

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Ron Giesecke

November 1st marks the first, no-holds-barred re-emergence to the stage for me since the Spring of 2021. The last set of shows I had, it was 113-degrees, the black-box theater had an exclusive hold on swamp-cooling, and the infernal roar … Continue reading →

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Okay, Maybe I Have to Re-Write (and how my habit of trolling may get me published)

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Today is the day that I stare into the narcolepsy-inducing abyss of needing to re-write my book.  The main reason is simply because  the next phase will me more laborious than the actual creative process– and this has to do … Continue reading →

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Re-writing Is for Suckers

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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. . . and my book is finished.

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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Parables.

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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Jim Carrey, and the The Clutch That Is Killing Us

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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Yes, Minister: The Five Standard Excuses

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

One of my father‘s influences, was for him to constantly eschew network television in favor of PBS.  of course, this is before PBS became the current PBS.  This, would be where I’d discover Monty Python, Is There A Doctor In … Continue reading →

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How in the world am I supposed to concentrate on writing my book, when Josh Gates still has a job?

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Take a look at this man.  I am holding him responsible for a momentary hiccup in my creative process.  And by that I mean 100 percent to blame for the fact that the only writing I’m going to accomplish tonight is … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1–The Mural

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

The mural had become a part of the background noise. Elementary schools nearly always have murals, and this one was no different. Oak Valley Elementary School’s mural was a known quantity–an accepted part of the historical record. Painted in the … Continue reading →

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Whoa. Seven chapters in already? Must be a stroke.

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

I’ve spent considerable time on this blog, not only writing a fulsome, scurvy heap of odd things, like this long-form essay about Billy Squier’s meteoric fall from musical grace, and use it basically try to foment discord, distrust, and division … Continue reading →

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