Last night I found myself in a heated discussion with my daughter over my trilogy. I am reformatting the stories under my publishing company control and I am going to insert a Prologue. I truly hate prologues, but apparently we live in a period of time where readers want a […]
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain My wife posted this quote today on her Facebook […]
I just finished watching Les Miserables. Something struck me from the lyrics to the song, “I dreamed a dream” which ended with, ” Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.” This last week I came to the realization that it is not life itself that kills the dreams of […]
I just had to write this, because I had to sit through Under the Tuscan Sun, again, about a woman with a new life in Italy. The character runs into the man of her dreams, but is set back, when he turns away from her because of a perceived lack […]
I just finished watching the Life of Pi and was moved deeply by the story. I have the book on my Kindle, but can’t seem to find the time to sit and read as I fulfill my professional duties and the little time remaining to writing. The story to me […]
As a man the age of 53, I still hope to have another 25-30 years of life ahead of me. Much of what determines my age of death is in my genetics. My grandparents averaged around the age of 84. That gives me about 31 more years. However, anything can […]
You see them all the time, little sayings embedded around cute pictures of puppies and kittens, or women without coffee (not so cute). I always wondered how they did it. In 2011, I purchased the Adobe Creative Suite Master Edition so that I could become a self publisher of my […]
As an independent author and publisher, I have to wear many hats or kilts. When I made the decision to control my creative universe, I knew I’d have to learn many new technologies for the task. I invested in Adobe Creative Suite – Master Edition CS5. Each day I try […]
My daughter is now on a kick to see how I can create humor around photos. For us aging men, there has always been a deep and daily thought on what would happen if we were stranded on an island and had only two choices of who to be stranded […]
My wife informed me last night that one of my first readers and reviewers to give me five stars wanted to know when the next book was to arrive. The first book of the chronicles is nearing completion. For those that have read the trilogy, I want you to understand […]