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Prep Monday—Ferguson

I’d planned a series this week on the trouble in Ferguson, and I got it about halfway written when I hit a wall. I decided to sleep on it, and post early this morning. Well, today it occurred to me that it was all crap. Why? Because I was trying to be reasonable. Because I […]

QOTD—NaNoWriMo

Someone asked me, “What’s the big deal about NaNo?” I shrugged. I don’t get it, either! Oh, sure, I tried NaNo once, several years ago; I wanted to “win.” Then I found out I didn’t actually “win” anything, just bragging rights. Well, okay then, not my style. Speaking of style, with NaNo, you have to […]

Writer Wednesday—Fee for Service

A friend blogged on Indies Unlimited recently and a commenter mentioned “hybrid” publishing. She stated that’s what her company does, and while there are variations of what constitutes “hybrid” publishing, the most common definition is that an author uses a combination of methods to publishing his books. In other words, he might self-publish E-versions, and […]

Prep Tuesday—Property Search

Well, this week’s adventure was kind of a bust. We left early Friday, only to find out our agent wasn’t available until 1:00, and then didn’t quite find the first property because we didn’t hear the exact location until after we’d left the area. We were close, and what we saw was nice, but . […]

Prep Monday—The Details

Last week, I talked about what you should look for in the context of bugging out; where and how and why. If you’ve done your homework, and scouted out locations and routes, you can be fairly confident that where you end up will actually be the right place. If, however, you’re searching for a spot […]

QOTD—Where to Start Marketing

I saw this question in a FB group of which I’m a part, and thought I’d go more into depth today, here, with my answer. “Do I need an agent to market my self-published book?” The short answer is no, you don’t need an agent to market your book. You’ve already published that book; the […]

Writer Wednesday—The Tribe

By now, some of you may have joined the Tribe; some may be asking, “What the heck is that?” Well, I’ll tell ya: See, I know I have a few fans out there. One or two. Maybe one? C’mon, work with me here! So I thought I’d provide a few perks for those of you […]

Prep Tuesday—More Food

Big announcement: I now have enough pasta for three months! Just kidding, but not really; I mean, I have enough pasta, thanks to that 67-cent sale last week, but it’s not really a big announcement. The death of our freezer, however, is a pretty big deal. Seems like it happened yesterday. There was a trail […]

Prep Monday—What Should You Look For?

There are so many choices when it comes to SHTF regarding bugging out or staying in place. It’s hard to know what to do, and it will be harder when SHTF actually happens, because you, and everyone else, will be in crisis mode. What? You thought you’d be perfectly calm and collected? Probably not. See, […]

Thursday QOTD—Blogging

A reader asks, “As a writer, how often should I blog?” Oh, mercy, there are as many schools of thought on this as there on comma usage . . . but in general, you don’t want to irritate people with a barrage of irrelevant content and, at the same time, you don’t want them to […]