Writing
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Enjoying The Process
Long before my beautiful daughter was born I was heavily interested in photography. I used a compact point and shoot Fuji to bring in the new millennium. Then upgraded to a more robust featured Olympus with optical zoom. All of this was used as a…
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Blog Death Is Greatly Exaggerated
“RIP blogging we all tried real hard to make the internet good and then corporations and rich idiots destroyed everything a generation of writers tried to build” And “there’s almost no space for writing anymore that’s joyful or an attempt to be creative. hardly anyone…
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100 Word Story- Eviscerate
Clint logged into his account and began to pour out his thoughts and feelings that consumed him that day. After reviewing this draft he decided it was time to share with the world and pressed “send.” After awhile Clint received notifications from the site that…
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Faulkner House
While traveling through Pirates Alley by Jackson Square in New Orleans, I finally discovered the Faulkner House, a literary landmark where future Nobel Laureate William Faulkner penned his first novel. Other authors such as Ernest Hemingway were known to have stayed there for a time…
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Write
Write something. Writer’s block? Write about that. Wright now. Wright later. Write when you don’t want to. Write when you do. Write with the keyboard. Write with pen & paper. Write when the hot tea cools down a little. Write in between sips of whiskey.…
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NANOBLOGMO
As promised, I’ve been writing almost daily during National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO). But to be honest, most of it seems to be for the website.
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Writing Something/Anything
November is the time of year for three things. Thanksgiving No-Shave November Novel writing I’ll be giving thanks on the road this year. I did the no-shave thing in October until it got irritating and out of control I suppose there is only one of…
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Ulysses vs IA Writer
I love how both apps are compatible with Mac/iOS and sync with iCloud. However, as of now, I cannot post to WordPress from the Ulysses app. I think it is being blocked by my web server. But how is IA Writer able to do publish…
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Priority Shift
It is fast approaching that time of year again. November is designated as National Novel Writing Month with their stated goal being 50,000 words a month into a novel. I love the concept but it isn’t practical for me so of course I’ll be hacking…
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And Then…
…the realization that Missadventures had polished off one bottle and cracked open another before you could.
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2:22am
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Hibernation
2019 was a great year for my portrait photography. There are so many creative, beautiful people out there and it was great to work with them but I need a break. I’m hanging up the camera for portrait photography to focus on personal photography and…
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In Appreciation Of Web 1.0
I used to enjoy the internet. There was a time when it was something to be explored (Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser was aptly named but poorly executed, by the way.) Back then there were standards and protocols but still the wild frontier. The www was…
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Khmer Empire Antiquities Part II
In May 2019 I had the opportunity to explore the Art Institute of Chicago and Field Museum to research and analyze the ancient Khmer empire artifacts from Cambodia as research for an upcoming book. It was my delight to explore similar artifacts from this Labor…
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7/7 GHR Check-In
This is my fifth month. How am I doing so far? Time to review my progress from this past month. This is the 11thannual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discoveredthat because of the after the end-of-year holidays I am not mentally orphysically…