Tag: observations
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Inserting Real Details
A lot of authors do it. Some are sneaky about it because they don’t want to be sued by a conglomerate like, say, those who might be thought of as wearing mouse ears, or perhaps others who are associated with the golden arches. Many companies are very touchy about how their products are represented. And…
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ISWG March Post
March 1 Question: Have you ever pulled out a really old story and reworked it? Did it work out? Heh. I have a trilogy that I started when I was 12 and finished when I was 27. Each book runs in the neighborhood of 100,000 words. I’d like to think that it shows determination and…
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Bad Days
I’ve been having a run of bad days that have been ceaselessly piling up on top of each other. I can track the most recent and notable ones back to about October 2016, and the bigger, even more obvious ones indicating something was not on the level at about February 2016, but the discreet events…
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Looking at How I’m Going to Get There
One of my personal self-publishing heroes is Kristine Kathryn Rusch. If you haven’t read her posts, especially her Wednesday Business Musings, you are seriously missing out. (I would donate or do the Patreon thing to support her if I could, by my own financial demands are such that I can’t at this moment in time.…
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Resisting Technological Advances – A Tale As Old As Time
I am a luddite. Some technological changes do not please me. I do not like the cloud. I do not like e-books. I do not like streaming music/videos. All of this has to do with the fact that I prefer physical possession of media. I enjoy scribbling notes in my books. I notice I don’t…
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Cover Art
Today I’d like to talk about Cover Art, I’d like to talk about books and other products and what they’re wearing. Because I’m confused. To be fair, I am approaching 41, so this may be a symptom of senility setting in. But back in the day, Cover Art told you a great deal about the…
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