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  • A Writers Vacation

    Pause Beethoven, or at least someone playing his music. It is time to write, and for this post, to write about writing. As I mentioned in a recent post (Defiance) on my oldest blog, “I expected to take a few days to write for my self, writing about things that are so personal that I…

  • 18,000 Words

    More than 18,000 words into my next book, and where do I go next? I feel as if I’ve pushed myself out from shore, the city shrinking as my boat heads out into the choppy waters of writing, and I’m wondering whether to put up sail, get out the oars, float with the currents, fire…

  • Amazon Author Page And Central

    (written while tired. my apology, but intuition suggested I publish it soonest.) I pass this along because it is cheap and relatively easy. Amazon has two websites that I use: Amazon Author page and Amazon Author Central. Note: I use them. They are useful, but not very useful. But they are free and informative. And…

  • First Draft Voice

    Every book has a voice, at least from my perspective. I’m working on the sequel to Dream. Invest. Live. (From Middle Class to Millionaire to (Mostly Muddling By, which is becoming A Rollercoaster Ride Through America’s Wealth Classes because it is sorta shorter.) But something didn’t feel right. Now, it feels better because I found…

  • Social Media Ah And Ugh

    There are so many that I can’t keep up. Social media: free (usually), powerful (but not reliably), simple (at least that’s what the brochure claims), essential (mostly yes, but not entirely.) I should probably start a FAQ list. One of the top three would be “How do you market your work?” Step 1: I congratulate…

  • Clarity Break – January 2025

    Some moments become short videos on replay inside my memories. During a recent appointment, I said the simple sentence; “I need a vacation.” The therapist somewhat playfully said; “OK. Stop describing anything else. When someone says that, they mean it. Listen to yourself, take a vacation.” A therapist with a sense of humor and timing,…

  • Dream. Invest. Live. – A Sequel

    Dream. Invest. Live. That’s the book about personal finance that I published; let’s see, Amazon says November 26, 2008. It’s time for a sequel, especially considering everything that’s happened since then. The writing has begun. Here’s a bit of why and how I’m about to devote time in the next year or so to writing…

  • Twelve Months on Hurricane Ridge Begins

    January 1, 2025. Practice typing 2025 instead of 2024. A new year. A new book. Actually, a new photo essay. Twelve Months on Hurricane Ridge, a place that provides panoramas of the heart of the Olympic Mountain Range, assuming the clouds cooperate and the road is open. This will be my 14th Twelve Month series,…

  • Popular Posts 2024

    Someone else had the idea for this blog. Thanks for the inspiration. They reasoned that I did so much writing that my writing deserved its own blog. I didn’t doubt that I’d find something to write about writing. I write. It works that way. Looking at the top ten posts from 2024 points out that…

  • Last Minute Ebooks

    It is Christmas Eve. What’s left to do for an author? Ah, yes. Remind people that ebooks have found a niche in the harried shopping season. This is simple. This will be easy. Let’s see if I ramble on as usual. Cultural note: Shopping doesn’t only happen for Christmas. Christmas is not for everyone. If…