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Step Number Four: Actually WRITE the confounded piece
I should have guessed that some kind of cerebral embolism was going to hit me the minute I realized my writing would be up for active evaluation. “Be yourself,” my wife says. “That’s the part I’m afraid they’ll hate,” I … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, novel writing, publishing, Self publishing, writer's block, writing
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Step number three: magazine article idea accepted
In the next day or so, I’ll explain the completely serendipitous coincidence between me using the ’67 pyromaniacal Hendrix episode as the launchpad for my own life-changes and the fact that I spent the night sleeping on that very stage … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Music, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Blogging Advice, bucket list, novel writing, pitch, publicity, publishing, Self publishing, submitting articles, writer's block, writing
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How to become a schizophrenic with one reading app
I never in my life ever expected humanity’s ever-increasing appetite for acceleration to come to the point that the very act of reading would become a veritable Asperger’s simulation chamber. But it’s happened. Don’t believe it? Peep this app: I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, CS Lewis, Film Making, Music, Reading, Uncategorized
Tagged app, Asperger's, Autism, Beethoven, C.S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, novel writing, publishing, Reading, Self publishing, speed, Spritz, The Hunger Games, Thomas Pynchon, writing
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In which I blatantly use an accordion-player’s cheekiness for my own pathetic attempt at self-promotion.
Some thirty-five years ago, my father and I were watching some telethon in which Sammy Davis Jr. was involved. There he stood, in a tuxedo and hand-held mic, casually making small talk after a song. He then mentioned that his … Continue reading
Posted in CS Lewis, Guest Columnists, Music, Tenkara, Trolling, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Blogging Advice, C.S. Lewis, clifford hicks, code, David Copperfield, fly fishing, Gamesmanship, legalization, marijuana, Motivational Interviewing, novel writing, publishing, Self publishing, Tenkara, writing
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My pathetic need for tactile comfort (on designing a book cover)
It seems I am gaining followers here every single day. This invokes an immediate reflex to check out exactly who is following. The numbers of followers who are already published authors, have a book in the hopper—or both—is staggering. And … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film Making, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Blogging Advice, novel writing, promotion, Self publishing, writing
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Possibly my worst post
I say this because It’s been a long day, in which yours truly does not feel good. It’s a day that encompasses fatigue, annoyance, and a general internal consensus that I am becoming psychologically staged for some real life-changes. This … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Blogging Advice, novel writing, publishing, Self publishing, trolling
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Reader’s Block? Tape your Nook to your arm
Reader’s Block. It works like this: I buy book. I stare at pages. I fall asleep and have no idea what I read. I’m not really sure if I can attribute a precipitous drop in reading acumen to my mere … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, green smoothies, Leif Enger, novel writing, publishing, Reading, Self publishing, Smartphones, Stant Litore, writer's block
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Concerning false starts and heat rash
It’s 110 degrees outside right now. You’d think I’d be used to it, as my quasi-indigenous upbringing would allow me to move past an attitudinal Jurassic age and just let Lethargus Rex go extinct. But I don’t. I’m laying about … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe After Effects, Blogging Advice, novel writing, publishing, Reader's Block, Self publishing
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If I get my hands on the Rosetta Stone, I’m smashing it
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. Mark twain – A Tramp Abroad In … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging Advice, Facebook, Harry Potter, Hidden cash, J.K. Rowling, Mark Twain, Mystery, national treasure, novel writing, publishing, Zorro
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Box Number Seven 