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Blog postWhat I learned from my father:
Don’t stay with a man who mentally and physically abuses you.
Don’t stay with a man who abuses your child.
If you have an alcohol or drug problem, seek help.
Here are my top five songs about fathers.
Cat’s in The Cradle by Harry Chapin
Blurry by Puddle of Mud
7 Years by Lukas Graham
Father of Mine by Everclear
Dance with My Father by Luther Vandross
Bonus:
Hey Daddy by Korn < -
Blog postTo My Mother
by Lucretia Maria Davidson
O thou whose care sustained my infant years,
And taught my prattling lip each note of love;
Whose soothing voice breathed comfort to my fears,
And round my brow hope’s brightest garland wove;
To thee my lay is due, the simple song,
Which Nature gave me at life’s opening day;
To thee these rude, these untaught strains belong,
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Blog postSince the end of Game of Thrones, I’ve been jonesing for more sci-fi and fantasy content. Wait. I should specify, good sci-fi and fantasy TV shows that is. Afterall, there is no shortage of content out there. Nothing has come close to my beloved GoT, although Succession is pretty damn close. Here are a few shows that had a number of glaring flaws, but I enjoyed overall.
The Witcher
Why is Henry Cavill so handsome? I wouldn’t have checked out The Witcher if not for Cavill’s fin -
Blog postI subscribe to a number of awesome writing & author related e-newsletters and vlogs. I’ve recommended a number of vlogs in the past. My favorite vlogger is Jenna Moreci. But, variety doesn’t only apply to chocolate. Here are some new vlogs to tempt your tastebuds.
You can’t have too much good advice, right?
Reedsy
Reedsy isn’t only for help in finding an editor. Their YouTube vlog offers basic writing and publishing advice that will help any writer.
Abbie E -
Blog postI hope everyone had a wonderful 2021. Mine was better than 2020, but still disappointing overall. Most of my goals weren’t accomplished and I have no excuses. They just weren’t none. C’est la vie. I hope to have a more productive and fulfilling 2022.
One highlight of 2021 was my favorite book of the year, Master of One by Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett.
Master of One Cover It had been years since I’d read a fantasy novel, but when I discovered this book by two of my favorite aut -
Blog postThe Gift of The Magi
By O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on -
Blog postSigns of the Times By Paul Laurence Dunbar – 1872-1906
Image by Matthias Cooper from Pixabay Air a-gittin’ cool an’ coolah,
Frost a-comin’ in de night,
Hicka’ nuts an’ wa’nuts fallin’,
Possum keepin’ out o’ sight.
Tu’key struttin’ in de ba’nya’d,
Nary a step so proud ez his;
Keep on struttin’, Mistah Tu’key,
Yo’ do’ know whut time it is.
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Blog postThe Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not – and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household even -
Blog postBelieve it or not, writing a novel isn’t as simple as sitting down and typing a manuscript. Without the right planning, you could run into stale characters, plot holes, and forgotten story points. One crucial, but very simple, planning tool is the “plot embryo,” but what is it?
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash What Is it?
Most of the time, writers only have their beginning and ending in mind, but what about everything in between? If you’re familiar with Dan Harmon, the brillia -
Blog postOut of the millions of stories humanity has produced, many of them fall into distinct patterns. Even from across completely different cultures, there is a persistent cycle of story that gets written about frequently. A guideline that is followed without ever being taught. A similar outline that great poets and prose authors of ancient myths have used that continues to gain use today. That model of story is the Hero’s Journey, the most classical storytelling structure.
Photo by Art Lasovsk
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