Tag: Musing
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Midway Mark
Looking back over my previous posts, I realize when it comes to writing, most of my attention centers on process instead of product. No surprise there, but I decided to try shifting that slightly. So, I took a hard look at the scheduling side of setting up my upcoming serialized novel on Kindle Vella. With…
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The Luddite Ring
I can’t help but notice more & more references to the benefits of becoming a social media Luddite. The trend to openly embrace avoiding social media seems to be gaining steam in some quarters, even while more tech advances & opportunities dominate the lives of those in the mainstream. It’s only when I grapple with…
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Message in a Bottle
Not sure what really drives me on to write these posts. Granted, early on the volume of traffic on my blog was substantial enough to make the writing time I dedicate to these posts worthwhile. But given that the number of visitors & views has steadily declined over the past few months toward the single…
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Pistachios
Nothing like spending the better part of an April morning sitting on a porch basking in the sun, cracking open pistachios, & taking in the spectacular blue sky. As the pile of shells grew ever larger, I found myself imagining one story after the other involving pistachios . . . using them as metaphors, historical…
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The novelty of it all (update)
Time to pause & celebrate a bit since I’ve nearly reached the halfway mark of my first foray into serializing a novel. I’m happy to report it’s going even better than I’d hoped (surprise, surprise). Dividing longer chapters into shorter episodes has proved fairly easy, but deciding what to keep, cut, or add in order…
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The novelty of it all
Time to pause & celebrate a bit since I’ve nearly reached the halfway mark of my first foray into serializing a novel. I’m happy to report it’s going even better than I’d hoped (surprise, surprise). Dividing longer chapters into shorter episodes has proved fairly easy, but deciding what to keep, cut, or add in order…
