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Getting Work Done is Hard When Your Cat Turns You into a Bond Villain

July 19, 2022

But it is a reminder that breaks from getting work done are good. Sometime during the height of the pandemic, amid working from home full-time and regular Zoom calls, one of our cats decided she needed more regular attention. It started with her jumping on my desk and walking around/nuzzling my monitors. And the purr – oh the purr! But then, she nuzzled me. And insisted on jumping onto my chest. Many a Zoom included

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We always pay for things of value - including art

Why Should You Pay for My Writing – Or Any Other Art?

July 12, 2022

Because we should always pay for literal things of value. Shameless self-promotion skirts a fine line between sharing, oversharing, bragging, informing, and annoying people. That one line covers a lot of space and detail. It’s important that we recognize and accept this truth: things of value are things that we pay for. Let me be clear – this is literal in this instance. Things that matter most to everyone – peace, love, contentment, kindness, compassion,

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Book of the month - Opening Gambit

Self-Promotion Saturday – Opening Gambit

July 9, 2022

Welcome to Self-Promotion Saturday! This week, I am offering my first sci-fi novel. In another galaxy, a multitude of races live. Numerous worlds have been colonized, various societies and nations created – and for the most part, despite their many differences, there is peace. But then, a new threat emerges. Extragalactic attackers begin surgical strikes against the forces of multiple races. But why? Opening Gambit is the first novel in my epic Void Incursion sci-fi/sci-fantasy

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There are many ways authors make their stories come alive.

How Do Authors Make Their Stories Come Alive?

July 5, 2022

Let’s explore three primary ways to make fiction come alive and feel real. I have done a lot of reading over the years. Books are one of my greatest loves. It doesn’t matter what form they take. Paperback, hardcover, Kindle, audiobook, or other – I love books and stories about fantastic worlds and unique characters. To some degree, this is escapism. When I sit down to read sci-fi or fantasy, I am leaving the world

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When You’re Living in A Dystopia Why is Writing Fiction Challenging?

When You’re Living in A Dystopia Why is Writing Fiction Challenging?

June 28, 2022

I am not a fan of the growing dystopia that is our world today. As a reader of sci-fi, I’ve enjoyed many dystopian stories, including Snow Crash, The Hunger Games series, Ready Player One, and others. As an author of sci-fi, the nature of the second-class status of the military clones in my Forgotten Fodder series – after they have no purpose – fits into the dystopian genre. I think the appeal of dystopian books

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Slow Creative Work is Still Better than No Creative Work

Slow Creative Work is Still Better than No Creative Work

June 21, 2022

Creative work at any pace is still creative work. In 2020, following a few fits and starts, I buckled down and completed the work to publish 3 novels. This included the first two Void Incursion sci-fi/sci-fantasy books and the standalone Infamy Ascending fantasy. For 2021, I had a much more ambitious plan. I would publish 6 books in total. There would be the 4 planned novels of my Forgotten Fodder clone sci-if series and two

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The Philosophy of the Titanium Don

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.

Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).

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