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A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way

September 11, 2021

Even in fiction, a little knowledge helps make connections. Have you ever read a book, watched a TV show or movie, and come across something so implausible that it ruined the story? Lots of fantasy and sci-fi are built on largely impossible things. Superheroes aren’t real, faster-than-light travel violates current physics, most people can’t do flips in mid-air from flat ground, and so on. I was taught that much of fiction is based in the

Why That Word Choice?

September 7, 2021

Any word choice you make will impact your work. Whatever you are writing – words matter. The English language is messy. Someone I know described English as the language that takes other languages into back-alleys and shakes them down for loose grammar. Because English is how it is, many different words can be applied to convey this, that, or the other thing. Some words are simple and direct while others are more nuanced. For example

Why Do I Love Sci-fi?

September 4, 2021

Sci-fi has always represented potential and possibilities to me. As a kid, I wanted a lightsaber. I mean, c’mon, who wouldn’t? Laser sword! So cool! Rockets leaving Earth and orbiting the planet are amazing. Probes into the solar system expand our knowledge. But how awesome would it be to board the Millennium Falcon or Serenity and visit different worlds moving and/or smuggling cargo? Exploring new worlds with a crew like the original or next-gen Enterprise

Life is All About Stories

August 31, 2021

Stories come in many variables – true, false, and everywhere in-between. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone. Some people tell stories quite matter-of-factly. Thing ‘A’ happened with person ‘B’ at time ‘C’ and the outcome was ‘D’. It may not seem like much of a story – but it still is. Many people don’t think of themselves as storytellers. But that’s seldom true. They might just not offer up a lot of color, flair,

Done is Better than Perfect

August 28, 2021

Perfect, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I have nearly finished my edits of the final book in the current arc of my Forgotten Fodder series. When I’m done, it will be time to send Bold Moves to my editor. When I started, it was clear that I had rushed some parts. It is the final book of a 4-book story arc and I was excited to be at the end. A

Escape Through Fiction

August 24, 2021

The world is a crazy place. We all need an escape through fiction from time to time. Many of my childhood memories are vague at best. But among those that are clear, there is this: Sitting in the theatre, the massive swell of music from an incredible theme and an unusual, scrolling text – and then a starship is flying in, being blasted by another, larger ship behind it. I was almost 5 years old

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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).

Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).