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#10 – Asexual Reprentation in Media

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My goal is to help writers any way I can. One of my favorite writers is Nicohle. She has come a long way since I met her, helping her out and teaching her how to be a great writer. Nicohle Christopherson is a name to watch out for, I think when she is ready, she will shake the world up.

It’s no secret that Nicohle is Asexual. It is an important issue for her and she hopes to educate people on what it means to be Asexual in her writing. Not all her stories will focus on that, but...

Countdown to Anniversary

In light of my 1-year Anniversary, I am doing a count down of my top 10 highest viewed posts. This will not include interviews or tutorials, but posts about writing. I will do 2 a day. This is exciting stuff.

Trying to Come Back

Several times I’ve tried to come back to writing and for whatever reason, something holds me back. Normally I would say it is an excuse, and perhaps it is, but I do think it is valid. As always, it is my disability getting the worse of me. As of late, I’ve been on anti-depressants, because again, Doctors don’t want to listen to me when I tell them that they don’t work on me. This one is particular nasty, but I’m trying to give it an honest chance to work, as Doctors love to say that it takes...

Squeaky Chair Interviews – Brian Martinez

This was my last interview of 2014. This will likely be my last interview for quite some time. This was done last minute, so there is no additional information beyond the video interview.

Brian Martinez is a comic book artist and writer, on his website Good Guy Comic. A comic that is about men and the challenges they face in dating and romance. This is a good comic, that while his main character has lots of self-doubt, his portrayal of female characters is top notch, that all of them are multi...

Squeaky Chair Interviews – Josh Luukkonen

I had a chance to interview Josh after his success with NaNo. He is set to be a writer as he waits to become a teacher once more. NaNo is no easy feat and I certainly wish him luck in being a writer. Check out the interview of who he is, what he writes about, and lessons learned this year.

Text Interview

1. Tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m a high school English teacher by trade, but I’m not working this year as I wait for my Canadian immigration to go through. I’m American, from Michigan. I’m m...

Happy 1 year Anniversay

Today’s in an important day for me. It is the day that I celebrate my 1 year anniversay as being a writer. This time last year, after the success of NaNo and finishing up my novel that year, I decided that I must be an author again.

After that, I set myself to a five year plan. I got myself a blog and started using twitter to market myself. I signed up for a lot of blogs and social media sites. In that time I have learned and accomplished many things.

I learned that everyone wants to be a write...

Character and Plot Assassination — Oblivion

When I heard a film was being made called Oblivion, then nerd in me thought it was going to be an Elder Scrolls film. I was a bit disappointed and a bit relieved. I recently watched this film and was again blown away by Tom Cruise.

As I’ve mentioned in my Jack Reacher review, I am not a big fan of the man Tom Cruise but am a huge fan of the actor. Very few films have I not liked with him as an actor. This film is no exception.

What I like about this film is several things. First is that there a...

Official NaNoWriMo Winner

On November 16th, 2014, I officially over 50,000 words. My story, which will be turned into five books, was Daygar Legacy #1 – Templar Five. The story is about Vampires in the 14th century spreading a disease that is killing humans at an alarming rate and five knights of the former Templar Knights attempt to make a deal with the devil to try to win the war.

This was a challenging time. Mostly because of my disability, I couldn’t do as much as I wanted. I aimed to finish by the 14th like I did...

NaNoWriMo – End of the First Week & Tips

NaNoWriMo brings out the writers in all of us. All of us dream big and want to do something fantastic. Some is to show what we can do, others want to make something of work. Whatever the reason, we get together for the month of November and compete against ourselves to get 50,000 words within 30 days.

My progress? By Day 5, I got 21,173. I took the day off yesterday, as my disability got the best of me. Even now, I am still 6 days ahead. I intend to start up again and do 5k days until I get 57...

Countdown to NaNo – On Writing

One of the unfortunate things about my disability is that it affects my ability to read. I can read words just fine, it is reading books that takes a bit out of me. Which is why I spent two days looking at Stephen King’s On Writing.

On Writing is an autobiography by Stephen King, but not in the tradition sense. It is a book dedicated to what made him a writer and what writing means to him. While he does go off on a tangent here and there, for the most part, it has a lot of good insight into th...