Category: Inspiration
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7 of Cheap Flip-Flop
My tennis shoes feel like fat barnacles on the pier legs in air like this. There’s an old man selling flip-flops from a small shop that’s probably been here for a long time. Ten dollars. In Santa Monica Beach that probably means they’re worth two. Yeah, sure why not. They’re comfortable and feel appropriate for…
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Listening vs. Reading: Having the Best Experience with a Novel
Are you an audiobook listener, an e-reader, a paperback page turner? Or a mix of all three? Personally, I still prefer paperbacks for my ideal story absorbtion. The other day, while on a walk with my dog, I discussed a bit why I prefer reading without audible narration for optimal reader and author collaboration. The…
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Underwriting vs. Overwriting: My Philosophy
Who cares? Just kidding. Almost. What is underwriting or overwriting? They’re pretty self-explanatory, but just so we’re on the same page, here we’re talking about novels. Underwriters create a draft that has less than what the final demands, and overwriters stuff in all the detail plus its dog and family. We’re going to explore both…
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Song of Kardu is Published: Some Publishing Updates
It was a soft rollout for the most part on May 12, 2025. Admittedly, being a debut author putting his name out to the world for the first time means I know that I’m going to make mistakes and that each step of the journey is going to be a learning point. I got a…
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Finding Readers: Two Roads on the Publishing Adventure
Resolutions, humbug. I don’t think Scrooge said that, but he probably would. The man was all about a busy, moneymaking life, but he was also a real case of the pessimizers. I just made up that word. Love it or hate it, it’s on the page. Also, more about Dickens later. Recently, I wrote an…
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The Right Way to Incorporate Technology Into College Studies
You probably know that prioritizing time, eliminating distractions, taking notes, and using friends can all benefit your studies, but what about the ever evolving world of technology and artificial intelligence? That’s a great question that scientists and education experts are going to be studying for a while, and their findings may differ. For the purpose…
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Catching Awesome Insights from Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers
Let me tell you about a book, but first let me tell you about why I’m reading it. I write, do you? I write a lot of science fiction. Am I published? Sort of, I have a story on Amazon’s Kindle Vella and a nonfiction dog training book that’s out there as both an ebook…
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Ways Border Collies Can Actually Make the Best Family Dogs
This is Arthur. He’s an adopted Border Collie from the county animal shelter. I rescued him in 2019 on National Dog Day when he was 10 months old. I didn’t know it was National Dog Day, but the coincidence was convenient because the shelter waived a whole bunch of fees and I could actually afford…
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Where the Seed of Creativity Grows
Today, as part of my church’s home-study program called “Come, Follow Me,” we read about the parable of the sower. Without trying to reword a powerful and very old story, here it is as written in the Book of Mathew: “Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by…
