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Like Father Like Daughter

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Ron Giesecke

Having just read Ron Chernow’s brand new biography, Mark Twain, I found myself stupefied by the amount of research involved in a project that ground out to 1033 pages. It took me two weeks of guerilla-reading just to get through … Continue reading →

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I’ll shank a fool before I self-publish

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

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 →

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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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15,000 words in

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

To my novel. My guess is, rough draft is done in 30 days.

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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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A few of you might remember–I was intending to write a book

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

I have had basically three books in me that I’ve wanted to write: 1. One of them involves the Founding Fathers. 2. One of them involves blues legend Robert Johnson. 3. One of them involves a ragamuffin band of childhood … Continue reading →

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VLOG: Loitering Around McCloud

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

At the outset, I’d like to apologize for the over modulated music at the beginning. I’m too lazy to fix it.

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Join me on Goodreads

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I joined the Goodreads community.  Quite simply, it’s like a Pinterest community that compiles the books we’ve read, are currently reading, and want to read.  It comes off with an appearance like the Amazon site, with the reviews and … Continue reading →

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Coming up Monday

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I don’t thing I’m ever going to get over the anticipatory coolness of that phrase.  Besides, the dullness, and phlegmatic nature of the weekend begs for something of intrigue.  Which I intend to do. First of all, I’ll remind you … Continue reading →

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