Writing
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The Next Twenty-Five
Twenty-six years online. Everything before today has been archived where it belongs. This is a new page and a new era. The past is preserved. The future starts here. I’m rebuilding with intent and curiosity.
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Archived
I have created this page to host all previous articles on my website. In other words, nothing new to see here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view previous articles over the years. Or, while you are down there, utilize the search…
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Goodbye Medium
We’re writing today to notify you that the Medium account associated with this email address is at risk of being removed from the Partner Program. As outlined here, Medium has created new eligibility and activity requirements for writers to maintain their enrollment in the Partner…
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Write On
This year I set myself the target of writing 100 posts for this website. This post makes up #35 and it is still January. It is difficult to find the motivation to start when all of my ideas seem terrible all of a sudden. So…
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Keep Going
I think I need to keep being creative, not to prove anything, but because it makes me happy to do it… I think trying to be creative, keeping busy, has a lot to do with keeping you alive. Willie Nelson It is difficult to ponder,…
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On Blogging
After twenty years of putting my thoughts online, I still feel like I don’t know what I am doing. Occasionally, it even feels like imposter syndrome, like I don’t belong. But then I think, “Who am I writing for?” Easy answer is myself and sometimes…
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Field Notes
Just received the first installment for the Field Notes notebook subscription. The “Ignition” edition, FNC-53, contains two 26-week planners a checklist journal (2), three stainless steel book darts, pen and a 2022 calendar. I sincerely hope that this will help “ignite” a passion for documenting…
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Journaling
Almost one year since I have last utilized this journal app called Day One properly. My plan for 2022 is to journal daily. I want to track fitness goals, blood pressure, nutrition and random thoughts as well. Hopefully by purchasing a premium subscription I will…
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Limitations
My creativity and imagination for starting a novel or short story is stifled now. I can’t write unless I have thought it through and can see the whole story in my mind. I need to sum up the whole in three paragraphs until I can…
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Microfiction
Long-form writing is becoming a lost art during these days of short attention spans. With all the media content available to us, our time feels limited, so we want to maximize our consumption time. Blogs have been taken over in favor of quick social media…
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If This Then That
If you’re overthinking, write. If you’re underthinking, read.
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Write Right
Write, then edit. Quality comes from quantity. And it is true to write about what you know. But the extra bonus comes from doing the research and fun of writing about what solely exists in your mind.
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NANOWRIMO 2021
It’s November 1 and it’s time for National Novel Writing Month again. Its also time for me to have lofty goals and actually produce something by the end of the month. NANOWRIMO’s stated goal is 50,000 words in a month. Probably not going to happen,…
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15
I’ve been writing and self-hosting images online for fifteen years now. What I enjoy about blogging is the potential for infinite writing and posting. With digital photography I can shoot and post an infinite amount of images. The ability to host one’s own publishing house…
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IA Writer vs. Ulysses
So one of my favorite writing apps, Ulysses, is up for the annual subscription renewal. At $50 a year, it is one of the pricier apps and I am not keen to renew as a result. Yes, it organizes my novel writing workflow better than…