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First Goal Post of 2020: Might Be a Little Anticlimactic

Everybody sober up or catch up on sleep after staying up until midnight?  Yeah, I’m not as young as I used to be, so the late night is still wearing me down.  Alcohol wasn’t even a factor since I had … Continue reading

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Top 5 of 2019: 7 Tips to Creating Fictional Location Names (#5)

I’m an idiot.  Now I know why I didn’t see a post scheduled for today or any for the Fridays in January.  It’s because there are 5 of them and I was going to do a Top 5.  I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Origins

Next Thursday, I will put up the first section of Immortal Wars: The Summoning and continue until it is all up on the blog.  This is replacing ‘Bedlam’ and I will have the sequel coming too.  Today, I’m going to give … Continue reading

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Hope for 2020 . . . Do I Dare to Be Optimistic?

You know what?  I’m going with the meme up there.  I have hopes that I will do the following: Enjoy as much time with my son as possible. Continue working and having fun. Publish 2-3 books. Write 3-4 books. Make … Continue reading

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Good-Bye, 2019 . . . Don’t Give 2020 Any Ideas

I think I use Frodo up there a lot more than I realize.  Anyway, it’s the end of 2019 and . . . Okay, I’m writing this on October 20th, 2019 because I want to end the year writing War of … Continue reading

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Final Goal Post of 2019: Ending on a Break

(Maybe I used this video before recently, but I really like the song. Began rewatching the series during lunch this week.) Well, here we are. Staring at the end of the 20 teens and about to step foot into the … Continue reading

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Pantser Vs Plotter: Where Do You Stand?

I was asked months ago to write about the difference between Pantsing and Plotting, which are considered the two schools of author prep.  The truth is that most people are a combination of the two with more of one than … Continue reading

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Nothing Planned . . . Might As Well Ask For More Volunteers

With Derailing Bedlam done and Immortal Wars not starting for a bit, I have nothing really planned for today.  Almost didn’t realize this also.  In the midst of writing too, so I don’t want to get into anything complicated.  That leaves me … Continue reading

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Legends Revisited: Baron Arthuru Kernaghan the Forgotten Warlord #fantasy #adventure

While he didn’t show up a lot, the Legends of Windemere wouldn’t have gone anywhere without Baron Arthuru Kernaghan.  He typically only appeared in prologues with a few mid-book scenes until I reached the 12th book.  Even then, he only got a … Continue reading

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Magic Vs Psychic: Are They Interchangeable?

Magical Powers–  The use of arcane energy to get results and effects. Psychic Powers–  The use of mental energy to get results and effects. Those are the two fields boiled down to their basic definitions.  You can have some overlap … Continue reading

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