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Tag: Empire Nevada

  • On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

    On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

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    Recently, I outlined more than 80 potential articles and story ideas for the Seen / Unseen Greenville project I’ve been working on. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted much over the last few weeks. You may not have noticed at all. Either way, it’s been intentional. Part of it is that I needed…

  • Fulcrum & Axis — Where the Work Stands

    Fulcrum & Axis — Where the Work Stands

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    One of the strange things about building a long-term creative body of work is realizing that eventually the projects begin speaking to each other. At first, they feel disconnected:a memoir here,a horror screenplay there,a recursive literary experiment in another folder,a civic history project,a middle-grade camp novel,a political labor story,a fragmented notebook full of grief and…

  • How to Try to Write a Novel

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    No, this isn’t a blog post on the ins and outs of writing a novel and publishing it. This is, however, a post on preparing yourself to attempt writing a novel and setting yourself up with a story you can actually write about until completing. I will post more on the process of writing and…

  • It’s quiet… Too quiet.

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    Yes, I know you haven’t seen a ton posted here lately. I just want to assure you that things are moving forward. School starts tomorrow, so I have had to wade back into my day job as a middle school teacher. I am getting ready to start editing Empire, I am just waiting for two…

  • Updated my story on Worthy of Publishing.

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    I added to more chapters to what I posted of Empire on Worthy of Publishing. These five chapters make up the first act. The more I have realized this, the more I have also realized that I need to beef this section up. I am very happy with the end. The middle is coming out…

  • The Empire, Nevada Playlist

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    When I started forming the idea for this novel, I wanted to find music that set the tone I wanted for the book. I was looking for songs that had a lithe quality, but with a hint of darkness around their borders. I worked on finding the right combination for a few hours, and have…