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Growing up in a new, augmented reality
The majority of today’s children are growing up in environments almost seamlessly connected to an interactive world of technology. Rapid developments in mobile electronics have provided numerous opportunities to stay connected with family members, friends and even play some impressive games almost anywhere in the world. Such connectedness does not come without genuine and devoted effort by leading companies devoted to pushing technology of entertainment to the next level. Among such companies is AppGear.
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Men Writing for Men – The Male Enchanter
Today we continue our “tour” through a series of the top seven male archetypes that I have identified in my writing and in the writing of others. Many of these archetypes are clearly identifiable among certain genres, especially within the comic book world of heroes and villains. In other formats though, characters take on a …
California Road Trip
Greetings fellow writers and readers! Spring 2012 has been chock full of fun and interesting activity. We’ve just returned from our latest adventure, a five day, 3000+ mile road trip to California and back again. Even though we’ve been back home for three days now, I am still recovering from that whirlwind adventure. It almost …
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Read three of my eBooks for FREE this week!
In order to celebrate “Read an eBook Week,” Smashwords is providing greater access to many great works written by their authors. As a SmashWords author, I have included three of my titles for FREE this week! I encourage you to try not only my eBooks, but those of other writers and genres that you may …
Men Writing for Men – The Male Pundit
Archetypes can be difficult to pin down in the general sense because there are many different ways in which to analyze and they can also differ from culture to culture. For the purpose of defining these style types for the most benefit of my audience, I have identified seven specific archetypes that are either most …
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You CAN take the web with you!
Have you ever come across some interesting article, video or article online, but later, when you want to share that with friends or family, you can’t remember where is was. Clipix has come to the rescue for everyone interested in finding a better way to organize your online adventures and be able to share them at the touch of a button, no matter where you are.
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Men Writing for Men – The Male Scrapper
Archetypes can be difficult to pin down in the general sense because there are many different ways in which to analyze and they can also differ from culture to culture. For the purpose of defining these style types for the most benefit of my audience, I have identified seven specific archetypes that are either most …
Uncommon History has returned to its rightful home
The hack attacks that crippled both my website and later my web host for Uncommon History starting back in August, 2011 have given me a great moment for a valuable pause. The amount of time and effort I have put into Uncommon History since 2008 is perhaps the greatest reason I didn’t simply just close …
Are eBooks the new get rich quick scheme?
Writers knew this day was coming. We weren’t exactly sure when it would come, but 2011 marked the year that eBook sales surpassed those of printed books. There is good news in the fact that revenues for eBooks in 2011 was projected to hit $3.2 billion, but writer beware. The projected revenues for eBooks continue …
Men Writing for Men – The Male Nomad
The second male archetype as defined in MenWritingForMen is the Male Nomad. This archetype is one of the most difficult to pin down. The difficulty arises in the craftiness and intelligence often exhibited by the nomad. While most nomads find it difficult to trust almost all other archetypes, the Warrior probably cares the least for …
Men Writing for Men – The Male Warrior Archetype
Archetypes can be difficult to pin down in the general sense because there are many different ways in which to analyze and they can also differ from culture to culture. For the purpose of defining these style types for the most benefit of my audience, I have identified seven specific archetypes that are either most …
Save on your prescriptions at Walgreens
Walgreens has long been a part of the community effort to provide quality prescription medicines at an affordable price. In order to continue the great level of service, they have introduced the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club.
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Writing for Men – Leadership
This conversation has started a little bit slower than I had anticipated, but I do think we have a good start. I would like to clarify that in this discussion, when I say “man,” I mean no dilineation between “real” or otherwise. I consider all men to be real, therefore the object of this discussion …
Two more short stories released!
I have released two more titles from my first Civil War Short Stories collection! Slough of Despondence A man’s identity is sometimes all he has. When he loses the one thing he understands most, the world around him can descend rapidly into chaos and confusion. Caught between the stalled battle lines of warring armies, the loss of …
Men Writing for Men – Regaining Manhood
The purpose of Men Writing for Men is not to disparage the great many women author who pen tremendous stories. Rather, this conversation is to encourage men to rekindle the masculine spirit that has become hidden amongst a culture of exaggerated sensitivity and feminine censorship. Women can indeed write great tales of adventure, mystery and …
The battle of grace vs religion
On Jan 10, 2012, a man named Jeffrey Bethke posted a video on YouTube titled, Why I Hate Religion.” In the short, four minute video, Jeffrey Bethke premised his view of Christianity and described an active faith in Jesus Christ that detests religion. Eight days later, on January 18, 2012, a Catholic priest, named Father Claude …
Blogging Basics – What’s your story?
Now you know what a blog is and have done enough research to be able to choose the blogging software you will use to get started. The next step, before jumping in feet first, is to decide what you are going to blog about. There industry term for this is a “niche.” The “niche” is …
Slough of Despondence now online!
The second installment of my Civil War Short Stories, Volume 1, is titled “Slough of Despondence,” and is now online as an eBook. This short story is about a man searching for a lost identity in a strange land and under extreme duress. The original story was half as long in order to qualify for the …
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Men Writing for Men
Men do still read, don’t they? Of course they do! Men, it is time to face the fact that much of our writing is not reaching our male audience. The women have figured out their audience and they even manage to pull in a great number of male readers. It is time that male authors, …
