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Category Archives: Publishing
Reindeer and Gun Sights
We were sitting around the table last night catching up. That was when my father-in-law hit on something close to the heart of every editor. Apparently, he and his wife were thinking back across their 85 years reflecting on terms … Continue reading
How to Blog
Many have asked where I find the time to blog daily. My secret is my telephone and all those small groupings of minutes which we commonly waste because they are too short a time with which to do anything productive. … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged computer, editing, editorial mistake, editorial work, finding time, first edit, fourth edit, fresh eye, How to Blog, my telephone, new perspective, paragraphs, perfect writing, second edit, sentences, Smartphones, the daily grind, third edit
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The Owl Hoot Trail
Book two opens with Cliff and his new bride making their way back to Georgia. Cliff comes home to find the situation grimmer than the short message of his mother’s telegram. This leads to more adventure for Cliff as he … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Clifford Brown, fertile imagination, Gold in the Red Desert, Louis L’Amour, Point Lookout Maryland, prisoner of war, Reb Brown, Southern Georgia, T.H. Bear, The Bear Lady, the gold rush, The Long Trail, The Owl Hoot Trail, the Pony Express, The Reconstruction Period, the War Between the States, The Withlacoochee Renegades, Wyoming
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Tools Needed for Your Office
Starting your own business can truly be a challenge. There are certain things you need to acquire in order to create an effective, cost-efficient working environment. These “things,” if you will, can add up to a healthy chunk of change, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged cats, computer, cost-efficient working environment, hardware, ink cartridges, ink jet printers, laser pointers, laser printers, office furniture, printers, receipts, smart phones, software, starting your own business, taxes, telephone system, Tools Needed for Your Office
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The Problem with Bookstores
In a summer 2008 NPR broadcast, Lynn Neary talks about the elephant in the room of the book publishing industry. It is an eye-opening episode explaining why small publishers and their authors make little to no money in the book … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged authors, book buyers, book publishing, book selling, bookstores, lower prices, National Public Radio, outdated policies, prospect of profit, retail organizations, return policies, return rates, small publishers, storage, The Great Depression, The Problem with Bookstores, warehousing
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The Great American Novel
OK, so you want to be a writer. You should ask yourself a few questions regarding your desire to write. First, Why do you want to write? The second is, What are you going to write? Writers have to be … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged book reviews, discipline, endorsements, Fiction is fickle, great wealth, marketing, No man but a blockhead, once published, pleasure reading, radio and television appearances, rich and famous, Samuel Johnson, self-motivation, The Great American Novel, writer, writing for money, writing goals, writing well
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Discipline
Life is all about discipline. Everything you do in your entire life requires discipline and you can only be successful if you have discipline. Especially when it comes to writing. Last month, I read the blog of a young writer … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Writing
Tagged discipline, editing, encouragement, keep up the pace, professional writers, re-writing, success, three pages per day, tone it down, writing
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Shooting and Saving Your Photos
We live in an incredible time when it comes to photography. The old photographers, Matthew Brady in the War Between the States, Ansel Adams of landscape fame, and Larry Burrows of Life magazine, to name a very few, would be … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing
Tagged action shots, Ansel Adams, cameras, digital photography, film, film cameras, Larry Burrows, Life magazine, Mathew Brady, photographers, photography, Photoshop, selling photographs, Shooting and Saving Your Photos, still life, the Internet
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