Tag: writing
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The Artist vs The Industry
As self-publishing has taken off, I am often left to wonder how it had ever got to a point where entry into the field depended on everyone other than the artist. Of course this is due to my thinking in idealist terms. The artist controls his or her art in full. Said person brought the…
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Concept vs Plot
For roughly an hour each night after our son goes to bed, my wife and I stay up to watch TV. We tend to have only one major criteria for what we watch: we both must enjoy it. Fortunately, due to TV being in a golden-age, it has been easy. Shows are not only entertaining,…
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Lack of Blog
I’ve been finding it very difficult to write blog posts of late (much less writing in general terms). Many posts that I’ve tried writing in the past week were sent straight to the recycle bin. Most I closed out and chose “don’t save” when the prompt appeared. Some stopped due to self-doubt. Others fizzled at…
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Chess with Friends
So it started on a whim. Another writer (I am keeping said writer confidential as it would feel like a name-drop if I wrote it here) was wondering about chess games active around where he/she was. Some time ago I had heard that there was a Chess with Friends app. I had never downloaded it…
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Honoring the Military
I believe in freedom. I also believe that this country has not accurately represented the idea of freedom for some time, and that it continues to decline in stature as a free country. But there are still signs that freedom is still alive. Take the case of Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers,…
