PinnedMember-onlyBeta Model DraftA First Draft POS — Journey of a Short Story Series A Quick Note This started out as the Journey of a Short Story and was originally posted as a serialized version of what is below. …Writing15 min readWriting15 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHow to Immediately Put Your Dream Into ActionA Goal Without Action is Only a Dream I had something rather peculiar happen to me recently. Something I wasn’t expecting. But it was a completely necessary function to get my ass in gear. I just didn’t know it - until I did it. I’d like to state that this…Goals6 min readGoals6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyJourney of a Short Story — PreludeThe first draft of anything is sh*t — Hemingway (verified) I’ve been wanting to do this for a while and now that I have a little break from “creation” on my novel (meaning I’m doing more clean up than new writing), I’m finally getting off my ass to do this…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Mar 18, 2022Member-onlyHow I Made $10k on Medium for 2 Minutes of “Work”You live in a dream world! — WARNING! RANT AHEAD! This is for all you so-called “writers” here on Medium that write articles titled like this one. I’m speaking to the 100,000 or more of you who publish these ridiculous articles on how you made this insane amount of cash, for little to no work. On Medium. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Mar 11, 2022Member-onlyDoting Dad and Asemic WritingI’m going to talk about someone else for a minute… … but start by talking about myself, heh. I am a father of six (6) children. That’s a lot. Two of them are much older than the other four (remarried/restarted). Both are stunning artists with talent in different areas. My…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Mar 10, 2022Member-onlyMy 5 Favorite Books of All-TimeSharing the 5 books that have affected me one way or another. Playing Favorites When people ask me what’s my favorite movie of all time, I struggle. I like so many and it also depends on the mood swing I’m in at the time. But I would say any movie I can…Writing8 min readWriting8 min read
Mar 9, 2022Member-only10 Most Influential Fantasy NovelsA 20th Century List… Clickbait? No, hopefully I can add some value here, if nothing more than informational and educational (and maybe a little humor). I recently saw a “top 25 most influential list” and it was a) mostly female authors (no issue there) b) all but one from 2000 was female (also no issue)…Writing10 min readWriting10 min read
Mar 4, 2022Member-onlyIntroduction to Noodling for WritersA New Thing I do to Increase Output and Quality I’m not sure where I got the idea. What I’m sharing may be a Hodge-Podge of ideas. It could be it’s based on one idea I read about where the author has a conversation with himself. My version of ‘noodling” is another matter. It is a matter of clearing the…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Dec 21, 2021Member-onlyA Writer’s JourneyNo more excuses…to doing what you enjoy. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while and now that I have a little break from my novel, I’m finally getting off my ass to do this. …Hello World4 min readHello World4 min read
Nov 6, 2021Member-onlyJourney of a Short Story — Part 6The Final Episode — You’re Out of Line! I’m a bit overdue for this, I know. If you’ve been tracking the other 5 parts they came out about once a week. It’s been two weeks and well, here we are… finally. The last episode of the Journey of a Short Story. …Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
