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What’s The Best Advice I Can Offer Other Writers?

October 18, 2022

Since this comes up from time to time, I’m sharing advice I offer other writers. On Facebook, I’m in multiple writing groups. No matter what subject or genre, there are a group of questions that come up frequently about pausing, rewriting, editing, story order, writing as a pantser vs planner, and other niggling details relevant to a completed work. And that’s the key. Completed work. I’ve encountered multiple writers along the way who have been

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more books and more exposure - writing practice - the business of writing - maintaining momentum - who reads - taking a risk

How Is Publishing More Books the Path to More Exposure?

October 11, 2022

As a writer, writing more books is what I do. With more books comes more exposure. As part of my newfound self-advocacy, I’m going to share where I am, where I’ve been, and where I’m going with my writing career. Where have I been? I often share that I started to write sci-fi when I was just 9 years old (1981). By then, I had seen Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers – so

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pick up where I left off

How Do I Pick Up Where I Left Off Years Ago?

October 4, 2022

It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off. I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998. It began with a scene out of classic epic fantasy: A lone sorcerer in flowing robes, staff raised, throwing his power around. It wasn’t long before there were more scenes, more characters, and a story that itself would evolve numerous times. In the early 2000s, I hired my first editor. She

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Banning books and other arts does harm to us all.

Banning Books Is Short-Sighted, Unkind, and Unfortunate on Many Levels

September 27, 2022

Banning books and other arts does harm to us all. Why did I only just learn about Banned Books Week? That doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I would like to share some thoughts I have on this topic. Both as a writer and reader, I am totally against banning books. Censorship of this nature is specifically targeted in the name of “protecting” children or some such – but that’s never the truth of

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The arts remind us that our world is shared

How Does the Beauty of Our World Live in the Arts?

September 20, 2022

The arts bring out the best of what our world can be. The last few years have been extra crazy. Between the pandemic, increasing political partisanship, the growing lack of kindness, compassion, and empathy among our so-called leaders, and markets gone haywire – the world has felt more and more oppressive. Through it all, however, lights continue to turn on and offer more options and opportunities. And many of those lights are centered around the

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"the end"?

Another “The End” Reached. What Do I Do Now?

September 13, 2022

After I reach “the end” of a project, it’s time to work on the next. I just finished writing the first novel in my new Savagespace sci-fi saga. There are 6 total novels plotted for this series. With Alliances done, there are 5 more to go. Not counting my non-fiction – this is my 16th finished novel. While 12 have been published – 2 are now waiting to be sent to an editor, Alliances needs

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I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.

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