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Horn & Dagger Progress

I have finally finished transcribing my chicken scratch for, Horn and Dagger, into Word. For those of you unfamiliar with my writing process, my original draft of a novel is written by hand in a journal. I then type everything out making additions and edits along the way. It is by the far the most painful phase of my writing process because I have terrible handwriting and become easily frustrated if I can���t quickly decipher what I wrote. The phrases and sentences I cannot make out become

To Writers

There was a paper notification sitting on the dining room table the other day from my children���s school reminding parents that NEA���s Read Across America Day was March 2nd. Plastered all over the flyer were images from Dr. Seuss books as this date coincides with his birthday. I didn���t think much of it at the time but later on I found myself thinking about how much books and writers have influenced my life.

I have a college degree but if asked where I received most of my education I would say

Writing Update and Other Stuff

Today I realized that I had not posted to the blog or website recently. I strive to keep these up to date but in the recent past I���ve fallen a little short. There have been a few goals in addition to my writing that I���ve been focusing on.

One of my goals for this year has been to complete what is called a Spartan Trifecta. For those of you unfamiliar with Spartan races they are obstacle course races over rough terrain. There are 3 course lengths, Sprint (3+ miles, 20+ obstacles), Super (8+

The Strands Giveaway

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February Reading List

February 2017 Reading List

I was behind again on my subscription of Wired, so I did some catching up. Still not at the present but chasing it down.

I��did not finish Jerusalem by Alan Moore but made some serious headway this month. Great book. I'm clocking in at 86% complete for this month and I'm not picking up any other fiction��until��it is��completed. So that it for this month.��

Enjoy!

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February Listening List

February 2017 Listening List

I found some new Dark Tunes for,��Horn and Dagger,��this month. In addition I started to find��music for the new��book I'm working on. This novel��(current working title, Lessons of Darkness and Dirt) begins with some very dark emotions (Surprise! Surprise!) and I found myself turning to a very unlikely (for me) musical place for inspiration, Johnny Cash. I was was watching a coming attraction for a��movie and the song, Ain't No Grave, was playing in the background. I

My First Published Story

To See the Truth: My First Published Short Story

Forward

In my attempt to become a minimalist I was going through my stuff trying to decide what to get rid of, when I came across my contributor copy of, Welcome to Nod, in which the first story I ever published was printed. Nostalgically, I opened to the index and there was my first byline, To See the Truth by Brian White. I���ll never forget what it was like when I opened the envelope containing that acceptance letter. I���d been trying to get

The Escape from Darkness

My search for a dark revelation.
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I���d like to start out��by stating that I���m spiritually eclectic. I don���t subscribe to any specific conceptions of religion, god, good, evil, etc. I also don���t hold any thought, idea, or literature as the unmistakable, irrefutable truth. As I grow (spiritually) my conceptions of these things have changed and they must remain fluid if I���m to continue to change. With that said, I believe that many religions of the world (those that I���ve had the privilege and time

Looking Too Far Ahead

Planning, Projecting and Spartan Racing����

I have this problem where I start to create a plan, I think about the activities I need to execute on that plan and then I start to go past those first few steps thinking about how I���d change the plan if x or y occurred. This is where the problem begins. I start to project outcomes. For some people this may not be that big of a deal. In fact, I���ve heard motivational speakers talk about the benefits of projecting positive outcomes. You know what my

January Reading List

January 2017 Reading List

Here is what I read in the month of January.

Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
King Rat by China Mieville
Why - A Storyteller's Diary by Michael Edward
The Beginning of the End - Book One by Michael Edward

Enjoy!

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