A bit of a personal blog entry this morning. Was there a defining moment for you? A point where scraps of stories hidden in folders became work aimed at being published? When was that moment that you started including “Writer” in bios of yourself? When I was in grade school, I loved to write. There […]
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So I’ve decided to take the plunge and enter into the world of Facebook. I mean, in a different capacity I’ve been mulling around Facebook for years, as many other people have. But it occurred to me that if I was truly going to give this writing thing a shot (especially if I go Indie)
My wife, Carolyn, is a professional photographer. We had a discussion sometime ago about how it was difficult to convince some people to pay the appropriate price for professional photography when so many non-professionals charge cut-rate prices. I thought that people looking to hire a photographer would recognize the difference in quality and would therefor pay the
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In the wee hours of Saturday morning, I finally typed the two words that I have spent over a year working toward; The End. Sitting in a darkened room with a group of people that couldn’t have really cared, it wasn’t the sweetest of victories, but it was a milestone nonetheless. But achieving a major
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Last week I saw the movie Sucker Punch. The movie focuses on Babydoll, a girl committed to an asylum when she accidentally kills her sister. Once in the asylum, Babydoll’s evil stepfather pays off an orderly to have the girl lobotomized. Babydoll, knowing her time is short, devises a plan to escape. The thing about
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I’ve seen the odd snarky comment on Twitter about this, so I thought I’d weigh in. Should Authors that choose the route of self-publication refer to themselves as “Indie Authors or Writers?” Seems a number of people are bothered by this. Their argument seems to rely on the fact that it is the small press
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I know I’ve been absent for a while. I’m sorry. The stats for the blog certainly reflect my neglect. If you follow my Twitter feed, you probably know where I’ve been. I have been fighting the chapter from hell. Yes, a month ago when I wrote how I was having a hard time progressing, I
