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Finally another post!!
My heavens. It has been a long time since I posted here. Thank you to those of you who have missed me. We’ve all been through periods when we have too much going on at once, and I am in the midst of one such period now. For the first time in 16 years, I am getting my house ready to sell. If you’ve never been through this process, believe me it will eat you up. You live for years …
Not for the fainthearted
I learned a long time ago, writing is not for the fainthearted. I’ve said before, it is the hardest thing I have ever done, and so far being a published author isn’t any easier. I remember telling my wife a year or two after I started Doxology that if no one ever read my book, writing it at least kept me entertained. And I am here to say right now—marketing a book is just as entertaining. I started …
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How I got here
Now that my book is about to come out, I’ve been reflecting. Thinking through life, where I’m going, where I’ve been. How exactly I got here. I’ve been out of college 22 years. For the first six, I worked in a variety of nonprofit organizations, until I just lost interest. Then I got laid off from a job and lived on unemployment for a few months. This was 16 years ago. That’s when I decided to get into the tree …
Writing helps perfect a world
We all search for ways to perfect our little slice of the world, to vault us over the hardships. I’ve always found respite in stories. Even as a small child I made up stories as I woke in the morning, greeted the gray dawn whispering, as if narrating my dreams aloud. After decades of avoidance, finding fleeting solace in work, sports and reading, I finally sat down and tried to write some stories. As badly as I wanted to be …
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Should I self-publish my novel?
“Now we’re in business.” It’s an old expression we’ve all heard a million times, and its meaning is obvious. When we say we’re in business, we mean things are working. Things are looking good. Now, we can get something done. Whether we have our own gig, are employed in companies large, midsize, or small, or make a living in the nonprofit world, lots of things have to work right so we can be in business. If we don’t have supplies …
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