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Some bozos never learn.   On July 20, 2020, con artist and convicted felon Wid Bastian crawled out from under his rock to appear on a podcast – I won’t name it here because it got a whopping 45 views since airing – in which the recently bankrupt thief attempted to say he was aContinue reading “Convicted Felon Wid Bastian Steals From Authors Then Calls His Victims Cowards”

What do you include when you write a short story? What does it mean to show and not tell? How much setting is appropriate, or description? These and other writing tips are here in this 53 minute video that is a must see for anyone who wants to write or write better, presented by USAContinue reading “How To Write A Short Story – a video tutorial”

The topic of this weeks Open Book Blog hop is write what you know. I have heard this said may time since I started blogging and writing in 2016 and have found that I tend to do this unintentionally. Some examples of where I have written what I know, outside of my fictional autobiography of…

I write in several genres – and at times, that’s hurting my marketing and my Amazon author page… so I thought I might change things up. Several authors I’ve seen use a slight variance on their name when they write in a second genre. I never did this because i wanted all the eyeballs headedContinue reading “A Little Help, Please”

Body actions as Don Corleone gives a speech at the meeting of the five families. The scene is under 5 minutes. He says 341 words. But look at how much body movement there is in what is basically a short speech.   First, the words: “How did things ever get so far? I don’t know.Continue reading “Body actions as Don Corleone gives a speech at the meeting of the five families.”

Reviews make the world go round – or at least it can seem that way sometimes. I always get a thrill when I see a 5 star review on one of my books. Complete strangers plunking down five bucks or more for one of my stories, and then telling me – and the world, IContinue reading “Is This Helpful?”

A Busy… Year? Month(s)? Or not really?   I was looking at my writing this morning – the number of titles I’ve completed in 2020 to be released. I’ve written 32,000 words of Primary Target, the 2nd book in the popular Double Blind mystery series. (I really enjoy the characters in that series. I shouldContinue reading “Words, words, words…”

Every once in a while, I will let you know about a good deal that’s going on. Typically, these are a really good deal for you if you’re a book lover. But I don’t tell you about every deal I see. This one is specifically a box set of awesome medical thrillers, and that’s whyContinue reading “Book Deals and Bunnies”