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KING SUMO and the NEWSLETTER
Quick update on Gods Fare No Better: the novel has hit a hundred sales! My goals was to reach that in the first month. Reaching it about five days early was a nice bonus. Thank you to everyone who bought the book. When you’re done with it, leaving a review on Amazon and Goodreads would…
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How to Write an Action Scene
Action scenes are difficult to write. The main problem is speed: most of us watch action films where fists are flying, the camera is cutting, and the choreography is fast and fluid. Because it’s visual, we can usually keep up (when the action is well-directed, at least). But in prose, speed becomes your enemy. Trying…
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Cover Reveal for New Novel “Gods Fare No Better”
Beta reader feedback is coming in hot for the new novel. Back in the day, I kept my books to myself until they were released. I can’t imagine going back to that. The critiques have been extremely insightful, and in fact rescued the ending from disaster. Getting the ending right was a top priority this…
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Takashi Miike on Shinya Tsukamoto
Miike and Tsukamoto are two of my favorite filmmakers of all time. Between the two of them, a coherent yin and yang of creativity begins to emerge: the prolific pragmatist and the obsessive perfectionist. I will mention both of them a ton over the course of this blogging venture, I’m sure, so I wanted to…
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endings and beginnings
It’s 9 degrees outside (-16 with windchill). The kitchen pipe froze so I have a space heater aimed at the pipes. A few drops are starting to drip out of the faucet. Fingers crossed. They’re saying that this could break records for cold, but they’re always saying things like that. It’s just a very cold…
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Ronin trash 