Tag: writing
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The Best Things About Each Decade of My Life
I decided to Instagram vlog a summary of my last blog post, ‘What Art is Teaching Me About Writing.’ I spontaneously said, “Art is the best thing that has happened to me in my 40s.” I did not plan to say it, but it got me thinking. Here is a short post about the best…
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What Art is Teaching Me About Writing
For the past few years, I’ve done more art than writing. It’s been great, and I really think it’s therapeutic. After I create something, I feel better. So much so that the feeling is greater than if it were good art. Yes, I try to make each one unique and interesting, but I’m not evaluating…
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On To Rewriting
Enjoy the AI-enhanced photos of Fred and me. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to write with AI, but enhanced images could step up my meme game and be fun. And the layout of photos on my website posts will work better. This post is not about Fred, though. In Word, I turned off Microsoft’s Co-Pilot…
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Typed Up the New Version of My Novel. Now what?
In 2014, I shared a draft of my novel too early. It had typos. I attempted to write a dystopian erotica novel about skateboarding and ended up grossing out most of my beta readers. The structure alternated between skateboard scenes, sex scenes, skateboard scenes, sex scenes, and on and on for 60,000 words. That is…
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Winter Thinking: How to Spend One’s Time
Metamucil is the most critical daily supplement I take in this picture, but the other two are essential as well. In June of 2022, I had a health scare that I went to the ER for, which put me on this middle-aged man regimen. It feels so long ago, even though it’s less than a…
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Nearly a Decade, and Still Learning
Sometime in 2013, I came up with my idea for a novel. It has been quite the nine years. I can’t claim to have worked non-stop on it, but I’ve done two complete rewrites and restructured it several times as well. Currently, I’m revising it again. Before I had a two-story line approach of 25…