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How Do I Combat (ADOS) Attention Deficit Ooooh-Shiny Syndrome and Keep Writing?

March 15, 2022

Sometimes it feels like the work to keep writing really is akin to combat. I do not suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), or any other diagnosable of that nature. Yet I still often must fight to keep my attention. I stole this from a friend many years ago – but I refer to my problem as Attention Deficit Oooooooo-Shiny Syndrome. Something shiny will catch my attention and draw me

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web 3.0 and the Metaverse

Will Web 3.0 and the Metaverse Impact Writers, Artists, and Creatives?

March 12, 2022

Web 3.0 and the Metaverse will impact everyone – but how could take lots of forms. For many people, the notion of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse are abstracts. Chances are you’ve heard of them by now. But for most people, they’re ideas in the ethers that they are not familiar with. Yet. You see, like it or not, Web 3.0 and the Metaverse are here, now. They are currently more-or-less toddlers. Taking their first

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sci-fi inclusivity

Why Does Inclusivity Matter to Sci-fi and Fantasy?

March 8, 2022

Because even as niche genres – inclusivity literally includes everyone. Lots of the “fanboys” love to whine and/or moan about all the ways how newer takes on older sci-fi and fantasy properties are ruining them. How many people are unhappy over gay, transgendered, and non-binary characters in Star Trek: Discovery? What about all the people who’ve thrown tantrums over Rey, Finn, and Rose in the last 3 Skywalker trilogy Star Wars movies? How about a

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transmutable genres

Are All the Genres in Writing Transmutable and Combinable?

March 5, 2022

No genres are so set that they cannot be blended, altered, and mixed. Both of my recent sci-fi series are not entirely sci-fi. Mostly sci-fi, yes. But not completely. Forgotten Fodder crosses into police procedural, mystery, and conspiracy. Sure, it’s about clones and takes place in spaceships, space stations, and colonies within 30 light-years of Earth. But it still has other genre elements to it. Void Incursion is very much sci-fantasy. There are swords, space

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what did I learn at the con

The Takeaway – What Useful Things Did I Learn from My Con Experience?

March 1, 2022

After attending Farpoint Con 2022 – what did I learn? For the first time since 2016, I attended a con. Farpoint in Hunt Valley, Maryland, is a sci-fi con that’s got a rich history and has been ongoing for years. I attended as a guest. Thus, I sat on several panels, did a reading from one of my books, and had scheduled times to sign and sell books, too. I was told by many that

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new experience

New Experience – I Can’t CONtain my excitement!

February 26, 2022

Attending Farpoint con this weekend will be a very new experience. If you are reading this as it posts – I am in Hunt Valley, Maryland, attending the Farpoint con. This is a sci-fi and fantasy convention featuring various vendors, performers, celebrities, discussion panels, and authors participating on those panels. Also, authors reading, selling, and signing books. Guess what I am doing there? I will be sitting on a couple of different panels, doing a

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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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