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Den of Discussion #30 – Gotta Gotta Gotta!

Is your life out of control? Is your plate full? Do you need a platter or a table instead to pile it all on? Is time running away from you?

We can change things. We can change ourselves.

 

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First look at the cover of Love in a Dying Town

I want to share the first cover draft of Love in a Dying Town.

The backdrop is the dying factory town where Jim Bowen is trying to raise his daughter Lily with decay all around them. What does she think about it all? He doesn’t know. But love can still grow anywhere like a flower up through the concrete.

Here’s the cover:

Love in a Dying Town will be released on 5/20, and I hope to count on your purchase, but not so I can take your money. Though, if you bought 10,000 copies, I’d be happy to. Se...

Den of Discussion #29- Transformational Speaker and Writer Robert Belle and I dive into Creativity

Feeling Stuck? Stifled? Is your creativity blocked because of the demands of the world?

Robert and I dive into the subject of Creativity, where it gets lost in the day to day and how to reclaim it.

Robert Belle is a transformational speaker and mentor. He helps people who feel stuck in their career or life journey to break away from the “norm” and find new paths that reveal their true value. He has shared his secrets of creative success at his numerous speaking engagements

He is the author of th...

Upcoming Novel Release – Love in a Dying Town

Hello all,

I hope everyone is well. Today I am very excited to share with you a short reading from my soon to be released novel Love in a Dying Town.

Here’s the book blurb:

“What would you sacrifice for your child? Dreams? Ambitions? Everything?

Jim Bowen is a single father who struggles with his ex-wife. He still loves her and wants it to work but her toxic personality is devastating to their sweet seven-year-old daughter, Lily.

His grand ambitions of being an architect and building skyscrapers...

Den of Discussion #27 – Interview with writer and educator Karl Beckstrand

My interview with Karl ranges from the 28th children’s book he’s written, many of them address lapses in our education system, childhood development, and to him being a media professor in a state college.

We discuss his book Grow about our foods and where they come from.

We also discuss the publishing industry and how to get your book into the world.

Find Karl and his books at PremioBooks.com.

Check out the podcast here

Keep learning. Keep doing.

Doug

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Den of Discussion # 26 – Picking up the Garbage

Hello fine people,

I will now be releasing podcast transcripts along with the podcast as some of you have asked for the written version. Hopefully there won’t be too many funny words and phrases. The software transcription originally had “dental discussion” instead of “den of discussion” to start. Oh what a different conversation that would be…

But I digress: Podcast 26. I hope you enjoy. And feel free to read along!

 

 

“Hi, welcome to Doug’s Den of Discussion, podcast number 26. Picking up t...

Do Writers Need to Suffer?

 

Suffering is a word that transcends culture and nations, left and right. It is a word and concept many writers are all too familiar with.

Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. J.D. Salinger lived reclusively in New Hampshire producing few works. Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson killed themselves. But was all this suffering necessary?

 

When Suffering Defines Us

Shyness and low self-esteem followed me as a child. Doubts became beliefs and those beliefs led me down the road of life.

I loved baseb...

Updates and Info

Hello Everyone,

I hope all is well. Just a few things:

I have continued to create podcasts. The newest one should drop tomorrow entitled A Truth Deep Within. However, I stopped sending them in blog posts. I didn’t want to bombard you with them. Yet, if you’re interested you can find them on iTunes or Spotify at Douglas Robbins – Den of Discussion.

On another note, I have been finishing up a novella entitled Gaia’s Revenge. It’s about how the earth is pushing back creating a toxin that acts like ...

Den of Discussion – Episode #11- Courage and Daring Greatly

Playing small? Stuck in the past? The power is in the Now. Check out my latest episode.

 

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Den of Discussion – Episode #10 – The Moral Code

 

Do you live by a moral code? Are you only reacting to life. Your choice. Its a battle we all must wage. Check out my newest video blog below.

 

 

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