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I wouldn’t want the dream handed to me…
…because what worthwhile thing can be gained easily? I don’t know, because I’ve never gotten anything meaningful for only a little effort. In fact, I bet most people haven’t. Why, then, have I expected...
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Snags and Jags
So I managed to finish a draft of a novel yesterday (the second draft for this one), but I still can’t seem to find my groove in writing. Perhaps it will take longer to get back into than I thought. A...
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Metal
So after church today I think I’m tuning in to see an online Opeth concert. Still never been to a concert for real, but I sure hope to find a local one I want to go to at some point. While I’m not a...
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Something I Like
So this week (and possibly for some time to come) I’m trying to take a break from my usual soul-searching and complaining about my current struggles in favor of thinking about some stuff I like. The...
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Concert
I went to my first heavy metal concert last Sunday evening, and I’m very pleased with my decision to go. When I say my first heavy metal concert, by the way, I mean the first concert I’ve ever gone to...
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Metal post for March
I’m a bit of a metal head. In fact I listen to a lot of metal of varying levels of heaviness. I also freely admit I have difficulty understanding music. With that in mind I’d like to also add that I...
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Hardcore, Protest, Tigana
So instead of whining today (thank any power you can, am I right?) I am gonna be discussing some stuff I’ve really enjoyed lately. First off is the Hardcore History Podcast by Dan Carlin. What can I...
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A Meditation on Metal
News first. A lot of stuff happened yesterday, though it doesn’t change much (if anything) for this blog. I clinched the deal on the biggest and most profitable freelance job I’ve gotten yet. That is...
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Bread and Butter
I’ve discovered lately that, while having a deadline long-term is decently useful for me, I find it very hard to meet one daily. Even so, I’m going to be persisting on the current goal. Two thousand...
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Heaviness
Had a distracted day yesterday, but still a very good one. Now I’m trying to wake up after a few false alarms waking me up early. I have recently gotten into some new-to-me death metal, mainly a band...
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Demons Put to Flight
I may have mentioned demons before this post. I don’t believe in such things in a literal sense, but they are a decent metaphor for the challenges we all face. Lately I have bee faring well in my...
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Noise
I will not save Your world – Coheed and Cambria, The Willing Well The above quote is from the enormous song that ends the third Coheed and Cambria album. Besides this being an amazing album of heavy...
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Internal Voices
Lots of writers and editors talk about the unique voice of each author. From what I’ve read, many consider the voice of a story or the author to be the most important aspect when it comes to sales and...
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Websites and Anger Nightmares
I worked on my (currently terrible) author website this morning, prior to leaving for the coffee shop. I have everything set up and hosted, but I’m having trouble getting the site I want up on the...
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Major Procrastination and Music History
I have coined a new term for what I do with much of my time lately. Procrastination. I listen to podcasts or music while I work, but lately, the need to write rough draft (IE: new words) is getting...
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Tenlyres Chapter 16
Previously… Ilsa and Blue have traveled across the plateau of Yr and found the Keeper of Tenlyres. They and their allies have fought their way through the lines of the Red Lector, but allies have been...
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Tenlyres Chapter 18
Previously… Ilsa and Blue have joined with the Keeper of Tenlyres, who it is their mission to protect. The Keeper has demonstrated knowledge of the Lyres and a mystical ability to heal wounds. However,...
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Moments
Yesterday I wrote four short scenes for current book I have in progress. And when I write, short, I write SHORT. The longest scene in the group was around 650 words. The shortest, less than 200. I...
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Impractical
It’s been a few weeks. Bad blogger! I return! Better late than never. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what art means to me. Aside from sounding like the title of some kind of high school essay,...
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Metal Time – Still Life by Opeth
Back in 1999, progressive metal heroes in a band called Opeth released an album. That album was not the first I heard from them (That honor goes to 2008’s Watershed), but it has become a favorite...
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