Tom The Writer
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A New Gig – Island Roots Housing
Well that was unexpected. Unsolicited opportunities happen. As soon as I sign the contract (expected soon), I will be an Social Media Manager / Information Manager / Content Creator / Writer for Island Roots Housing, a non-profit that “…advances affordable housing choices to meet a diversity of needs in Island County.” How’d that happen? Networking…
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Screenplay Draft – Second Celebration – March 2024
Whew. That didn’t turn out the way I expected. It turned out better. As regular readers of this irregular blog may remember, I am working on a screenplay, too. Usually in the evening, I take the first draft, attempt to apply the lessons I learned from decades of writing and a quick read of the…
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Writing Flashback Repost From September 2020
I came across this old post by searching for a file about a different topic, while I was trying to find something else, so I could get something else done. Isn’t that normal for a creative person? It is a look into my writing process from when I’d just begun the main manuscript for what…
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Screenplay Draft – Again – February 2024
It’s getting drafty in here, literally and figuratively – and literary-ly-ish. My house is drafty. It’s sixty years old. I’m 65. I can feel its age. I’m feeling like I’m entering a new era in my age, too old to hire but too poor to retire. And, I’ve finished the third draft of the sequel…
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Old Books Live
It’s not dead yet! Don’t give up on books you wrote years ago. One of my popular books is selling again. There was a hiatus, but Walking Drinking Thinking Across Scotland is selling with almost no effort from me. Thanks. Writers can make up (or rephrase) stories that become books. Authors are writers who’ve written…
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A Draft Is Done Again 021024
Not necessarily a literary post, but I’ve decided to chronicle my process, somewhat. Tonight I finished the third draft of the sequel to Firewatcher. As I posted on social media (@tetrimbath); Quick note as a way to celebrate progress: Third draft (of the sequel to Firewatcher) done. Got onto a bit of a roll.Backed up…
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To Play With Scammers Or Not
OK. Officially, do not play with phone scammers. The US government says so. You may not be surprised that I do not always do what I am supposed to do, or not supposed to do. As a self-published author, I receive frequent spam and probably scam calls. I actually answer them, partly because I have…
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Ten Years Of Twelve Months On Whidbey Island
Finally, finished. Or is it? Finally, my ten-year project (that took fifteen years to complete) is finished. Pick a place. Visit it every month for twelve months, and chronicle that place at that time. Next year, do the same, but some place different. Repeat for ten years (interrupted by some realities of life.) Now, the…
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