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Why Do Authors Auth? Seven Motives For Writers
“It’s All About Sales” …at least that’s what my friend said. We were talking about web design and web copy writing, but we could just as easily have been talking about writing in general. It made me...
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Buying Local (Art)
Buying Local isn’t just a way for hipsters to make themselves feel better about their consumeristic behavior patterns. There’s another major benefit of buying local that many people don’t realize. An...
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Let The Muse Run Free Or Tie Her Down? Organic Writing vs Outlining
Which Is Better, Outlining Or Organic Writing? To outline, or not to outline, that is a fiction-writers battle as old as fiction-writing itself. Books on writing are as polarized about the subject as...
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Non-Fiction Book Review – Destiny Vs. Choice: The Scientific And Spiritual...
Destiny vs. Choice: The Scientific and Spiritual Evidence Behind Fate and Free Will by Marie Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love the quote on the back cover - FATE VS. FREE WILL: YOU DECIDE! Is that a...
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Awesome Books For Awesome Authors – Megacreativity: Five Steps To Thinking...
Despite just reading a book on how to be more creative and think like a genius, I’m going to give a fairly un-creative and un-genius review of it. (Not that the book didn’t work, mind you. I’m just...
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The End of the World – Plan B
The world was supposed to end today, but it’s getting late and I’m starting to worry. Here’s my well-thought-out (and hungover) “Plan B” for handling the non-end of the world… Yours Darkly, Conrad Zero
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The Art Of Charitable Interpretation
The Power Of Low Compels You……using a slow, minimalist drone. Low’s Rock the Garden Show A Little Too Low For Some The fans and critics loving/hating on Low’s extended drone interpretation of ‘Do You...
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Bridging The Author / Audience Gap
The Gap Between “What The Author Meant” And “What The Audience Got” Recently, I attended/recorded a live reading by Minnesota author William Alexander at Dreamhaven Books. William read/acted out a...
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What Is A Birthday Ungift?
Photo Credit - Rebecca Selah In addition to all other inalienable Birthday rights, I hereby add – The Birthday Purge and the Birthday Ungift. Birthday Ungift (noun) – Something you give up on your...
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How Does Your ‘Artistic Diet’ Affect Your Writing?
My friend Saveau has a great saying. “You Deserve The Gods You Worship.” Likewise, I’ve long said that you deserve your social media streams, email inbox and many other areas of your life that you...
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