Tag: reading

• Landing Zone

  If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you might recall that I’m not the most digitally adept independent author on the block. Because of that, I spend inordinate amounts of time working on something like this website or a promotional reel or figuring out how to get into a flow on my social media…

  Drew Faraday

  March 29, 2025

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  books, reading, writing

• Supporting Independent Authors

  As you probably know, self-published writers with books on Amazon are taking a weeklong hit when it comes to sales. Whether or not you agree with the intent of the blackout, PLEASE consider supporting those authors by reading pages/books on Kindle Unlimited or other sources. I realize some might see this as crossing the picket…

  Drew Faraday

  March 7, 2025

  Musing

  book-review, book-reviews, books, reading

• The Beast Behind the Curtain

  In my last post (The Beast), I wrote about grappling with the challenges of getting ready to launch my newest novel, Core Haven. I compared the task ahead to a beast lurking in a cave & imagined an old-timey character drawing a line in the dirt & calling that pesky critter out. I even came…

  Drew Faraday

  February 15, 2025

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• The Beast

  Don’t get me wrong, I really like challenges. That’s one of my favorite parts of writing—never a dull moment & all that. Learning new things on my own terms has always been a driver for me even when it involves going out on a limb. Take this website I’m posting on right now. Prior to…

  Drew Faraday

  February 1, 2025

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• Brainteaser

  Deciding on a release date for Core Haven, my newest novel, should be fairly straightforward, right? I mean, it’s not like I’m working on a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle I bought at a garage sale without the original box or a guarantee that a few pieces weren’t missing. It’s just a matter of: But wait…what…

  Drew Faraday

  January 25, 2025

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• Whittling Away

  So I may have miscalculated a bit when I put my upcoming release Core Haven on ice & took a quick dive into the first prewriting stage of my next project. I’ll pass it off to thinking it’d be easy to adjust my proofreading filter to an idea-generating one & back again like I was…

  Drew Faraday

  January 11, 2025

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• A Simple Feel to It

  As I mentioned in my previous post (Shifting Gears), I just started the prewriting phase of my latest project while my recently completed novel refrigerates a bit. During last week’s work sessions—which were about as sporadic & choppy as you can imagine—I did my best to keep my brain in energetic gear two (Mithu Storoni…

  Drew Faraday

  December 28, 2024

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• Shifting Gears

  It’s no surprise that people frequently use gears & machinery as figurative language for describing all things human, but in the current book I’m reading, Hyper-Efficient, Mithu Storoni takes it up a notch. The neuroscientist & ophthalmic surgeon proposes that we all have three mental gears, the second of which is the sweet spot when…

  Drew Faraday

  December 23, 2024

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• Book Reviews

  My first self-published novel, Pearl Fields and the Oregon Meltdown, is available now on the Kindle Store & Kindle Unlimited.

  Drew Faraday

  December 17, 2024

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• And That’s a Wrap

  Yesterday I was chugging along proofreading my companion novel Core Haven when it dawned on me—I’m done. I mean finished, as in the humble author looks up to behold the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel (in this case, a more suitable image might be a rabbit hole). Mind you, I’m not talking…

  Drew Faraday

  December 17, 2024

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• The Irony of It All

  My serene, centered side understands & accepts the realities of life as an independent author &—yeah right, replies my jaded side. I mean, come on—there I was, reeling from the news that Amazon was pulling the plug on Kindle Vella just as I was ready to upload episodes of Core Haven (see my previous post).…

  Drew Faraday

  December 8, 2024

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