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February 18, 2015
Book Review of Flashhpoints By George Friedman
A new book has just been released by one of the leading voices in the realm of geopolitics, George Friedman. EntitledFlashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe,2015, Friedman delivers an unusual blend of geopolitical analysis and personal experience to describe the historical, present day, and future fault-lines along the borderlands on the European peninsula and its periphery. It shows how 
It's a Small World Afterall
A new book has just been released by one of the leading voices in the realm of geopolitics, George Friedman. Entitled, Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe, 2015, Friedman delivers an unusual blend of geopolitical analysis and personal experience to describe the historical, present day, and future fault-lines along the borderlands on the European peninsula and its periphery.
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February 17, 2015
Quotes About Writing
Writing quotes are everywhere. Some people want them because it gives them some sort of perspective on their own writing journey. For others, it is about the need to feel a sense of belonging to the writer whom they admire, but they can't get the one-on-one time they want. A new writer needs support as much as a more experienced writer. It's about the process or the journey this life takes [image error]
February 15, 2015
On the “Write” Track
Thechallenge of publishing and why perseverance pays off If atfirst you don’t succeed, try, try again. End of post. Justkidding. But to be honest, sometimes we all need a reminder that perseveringwill pay off in the end. There are so many clichés like the one above, that havebeen around for years and that everyone has heard at some point in their life. Whydo they stick [image error]
February 12, 2015
When You Observe, You'll Publish Great Things
The best way to judge if you need to improve your online writing is to stop for a moment and look at what you think is good- and what other writers know is good. There is a lot of personal and stop thinking that you know what you are doing, because you don't if it's not working the way you need it to work. Given I'm an ideas type of person, and I love Sherlock, I am almost always drawn to two
Observe and Publish Something Great
The best way to judge if you need to improve your online writing is to stop for a moment and look at what you think is good- and what other writers know is good. There is a lot of personal and stop thinking that you know what you are doing, because you don't if it's not working the way you need it to work. Given I'm an ideas type of person, and I love Sherlock, I am almost always drawn to two
February 10, 2015
Robert Harris: A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
Robert Harris is well known for his books of historical-fiction. His latest, from 2013, An Officer and a Spyis the true story of how a Jewish-French officer, Alfred Dreyfus is convicted, falsely as it turns out, of being a double-agent for the Germans around the turn of the 20th century.An officer of the French military intelligence, Georges Picquart begins an investigation into the Dreyfus case [image error]
Robert Harris: A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
Robert Harris is well known for his books of historical-fiction. His latest, from 2013, An Officer and a Spy
is the true story of how a Jewish-French officer, Alfred Dreyfus is convicted, falsely as it turns out, of being a double-agent for the Germans around the turn of the 20th century.
An officer of the French military intelligence, Georges Picquart begins an investigation into the Dreyfus
is the true story of how a Jewish-French officer, Alfred Dreyfus is convicted, falsely as it turns out, of being a double-agent for the Germans around the turn of the 20th century.
An officer of the French military intelligence, Georges Picquart begins an investigation into the Dreyfus
February 9, 2015
Blogs,Self-Publishing, Relationships and Competition
The Internet is a big place for a small writer, as there are millions of people on the web looking for something specific, which might not be your writing. You need to get at least some of these people on to your site. It's not marketing which is the problem, rather it's the time involved, and the concept that instead of being in direct competition with another writer you can help build something
February 7, 2015
Easy Reading Charlotte Gray and Other Writers
Here are some lighter non-fiction reads...
Bill Bryson's One Summer, which describes the outstanding events of the summer of the year 1927. Very America-centric, but entertaining never-the-less. Always well written, always something to learn when it comes to Bryson.
Simon Winchester's The Men who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics...A really enlightening study on
Bill Bryson's One Summer, which describes the outstanding events of the summer of the year 1927. Very America-centric, but entertaining never-the-less. Always well written, always something to learn when it comes to Bryson.
Simon Winchester's The Men who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics...A really enlightening study on
