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Author Antics
Get to know our authors as they talk about their writing and what makes them tick. Feel free to send them your questions and comments.
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Jul 13, 2024
Author Antics The Spirit is Willing
“To will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” The author wasn’t talking about writing, but he could...
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Jun 29, 2024
Author Antics What the *#$%@!
What role should profanity play in fiction writing? You can find an “expert” to share whatever opinion you hold. Should you search for...
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Jun 22, 2024
Author Antics Dedication
"In life, there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and...
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Jun 17, 2024
Real Imagination Versus Artificial Intelligence
Just recently, I’ve heard a lot about the progression of Artificial Intelligence, and it seems that it has apparently progressed to such...
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Jun 6, 2024
Aftermath
Well, I’ve done my first book fair/signing. Was it everything I expected? Yes and no. I wouldn’t deem the event as a major success, but...
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Jun 1, 2024
Literary Jenga 2
In my last post, I talked about organizing a book fair/ open house for a nonprofit. I told about all the hard work that went into it, the...
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May 25, 2024
Anticipation
A writer has other duties to perform to help in their success. A book doesn’t sell if the reading audience isn’t aware of it. Authors and...
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May 17, 2024
Literary Jenga
I’ve been organizing a book fair and I realize it’s a lot like writing a book. RESEARCH Both writing and fundraising have research in...
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May 4, 2024
Author Antics In Medias Res
In the dark ages, we would drag a large rock from the cave, find a fallen tree trunk, and balance it on the stone. One person would sit...
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Apr 29, 2024
Author Antics Good Writing
What constitutes good writing? I asked the search engines and, as they are wont to do, they came up with pages and pages of answers. As I...
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Apr 13, 2024
Behind the Scenes of New Perspectives
I thought it may be of interest to share a little back story about the creation of New Perspectives. The idea for the novel came into...
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Mar 30, 2024
Author Antics Jack’s Rules For Writing
St John the Beloved once wrote that if all the things Jesus did were written down that the world could not contain all the books that...
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Mar 22, 2024
Author Antics Surprised by Joy
C.S. Lewis wrote a book with the same title as this post. In a way, it is the inspiration for the post. Lewis’s idea of joy encompassed...
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Mar 15, 2024
Author Antics Disturbed, Distracted, and Dysfunctional
If the sight of two men emptying a septic tank makes you wonder if there’s a body in there, you might be a writer. Writers live for...
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Mar 8, 2024
Author Antics The Art of Life
“At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art. Then life will find its very existence from the arts.” ~Fyodor Dostoevsky I...
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Mar 4, 2024
Author Antics Not Just a Novelist
There are many articles in this blog that discuss technique as an author. However, as a writer, there are many types of pursuit other...
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Feb 24, 2024
Author Antics-Starting the Conversation
I’m a pantser, that is I write by the seat of my pants, an idea comes my way and I just run with it. This approach doesn’t work for...
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Feb 18, 2024
Author Antics It’s the Little Things
If you’ve ever confused “a penny for your thoughts” with a job offer, you might be a writer. Becoming a writer has changed my life in...
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Feb 9, 2024
Writing Challenges
When it comes to writing and creating stories, there are a lot of challenges along the way. I often contemplate if what I’m writing is...
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Feb 3, 2024
Author Antics Please, Please, Please, Can We Go?
If you spend any time reading about the writing craft, you will come across a comparison of an author’s work to a baby. I’ve used it...
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