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So here we are, back at the beginning. 10 years ago I started writing fiction again after a 20 year hiatus. I write Sc-fi-fantasy adventures, in a specific universe with quantum concepts, ancient creatures and humankind spread across time and space. After writing 7 books (yes!), 15 short stories...

I’ve been going to a Tai Chi class for a few weeks now. One of the ideas my teacher reminds us of every lesson, is the principle of giving about sixty percent. Don’t go for the maximum you can do. Don’t push your body. Don’t over-extend or try too hard. Just relax, and do about two thirds of what...

For those of you who don’t know, I write both fiction and text books. These involve very different writing styles.

Creative writing involves metaphors, similes, double entendres, sub-text, hyperbole, synecdoche, litotes, aporia, aposiopesis, intertextuality and so on. Readers often enjoy discoveri...

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The prompt for this week’s blog experience is What to read to learn about X. A little vague but I’m gonna take it to mean something to do with how we, as writers, do research. ( Fingers crossed I’m correct about this!)

If you’re a follower of mine you know that I approach everythin...

Yay!  Another twitter rant!

Yay! Another plagiarism scandal!

This time, the ‘author’ claims that she worked with a ‘ghost writing’ partner she hired on Fiverr.

I’m calling bullshit! First…well, Fiverr is a TERRIBLE place to hire a professional GW. I say that *AS* a GW. I’ve been doing that on the...

A few weeks ago, on his podcast, Sam Harris interviewed the actor and comedian Stephen Fry. Early in the episode, the conversation took a long detour into the topic of mindfulness meditation.

Harris, of course, is a longtime proponent of this practice. He discusses it at length...

Once in a blue moon ��� or really it's so infrequent it's more like a plaid one ��� I like to swing the spotlight away from myself here and do a Q&A. This seemed like a good time for it because I already had some Q's lined up for my partner in an exciting new venture: John McLain, narrator of...

Happy Wednesday everybody! I just thought I would share a couple of short video projects I worked on recently. I partnered up with two local Nashville businesses to create quick-hit promo videos for them so people can see what they’re all about.

First up is Gift Horse, a quir...

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@sixofcrowsnet heist: fairytales — AYAMA AND THE THORN WOOD

“Do not behave as a tyrant and then tell me to scold a tyrant to behave. Show mercy and mercy you may be shown.”

“My father never taught me mercy.”

“And can you not learn?”

Friends! I’m excited to share that the audiobook for Fighting for What’s His is now available – and like the first book in the Warrior Fight Club series, Billy and Shayna’s sexy, funny, and emotional roommates-to-lovers story is narrated by the amazing Andi Arndt! So you need this! Here’s everyth...

CD: It’s very good to see you. The American Interest is always happy to have you in its orbit. Congratulations on the new book. In it, you take us from pessimism to optimism. I was getting very depressed, and then the tide turned, and I felt very good by the end of things.

You start out very upse...

The presidential primaries will soon be heating up, and the betting has already begun over which Democrat has the “money advantage,” who’s sufficiently “moderate,” and who can “beat Trump” (assuming he’ll be running again).

Pardon me, but if you want to know who will...

Майка ми печеше най-хубавия хляб, а аз – дете – отскубвах меката му вътрешност, смачквах я и правех фигурки на птици.

Хлябът на майка ми… Трохите бяха като снежинки и се топяха. Когато изсъхнеше, аз го ронех и го хвърлях на земята, а птиците кацаха да кълват.

Майка ми се огорчаваше, че обиждам и н...

There are certain places in our homes where we leave out items because we think it is more convenient. For example, we leave something on a counter because it is easier for us to grab it the next time we need it.

We see this happen at countless places in our home: the kitchen, the bathroom, the li...

Yesterday I pointed out all the passages in the Gospel of Mark that repeat, time and again, the idea that Jesus tried to keep his messiahship a secret.  He doesn’t allow the demons to identify him when he casts them out; when he heals people he strictly instructs them not to tell anyone; he teach...

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You’re not alone! You’ve done nothing wrong, and you’re in good company. 1 in 20 Basecamp users got this email alert. Here’s the full story.

Last month’s mass-login attack was a sobering remin...

This has been one helluva month.

With everything happening on the home front, I haven’t been able to get pages written, so the release of the book I promised this month, Big Sky Wedding, is delayed. So, what’s going on? Too many things, family-related, to go into, but the big thing is my dad’s det...

Are you a good listener?

If you’re going to lead, you need to be. A 2018 article from Harvard Business Review states “managers who listen well are perceived as people leaders, generate more trust, instill higher job satisfaction, and increase their team’s creativity.”

If you want to lead, you’...

In September 2001, the Bush administration launched the “Global War on Terror.” Though “global” has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding.

When I first set out to map all the places in the world where the United States is still fighting terrorism so many year...

…for the Carnegie Medal! I don’t normally bother getting too excited about longlists – there are a lot of other contenders, and they’re all excellent (read them!)  – but the Carnegie is a very good longlist to be longlisted on, and it’s nice to have a chance to shout about Station Zero, which I t...