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with Drake The Duck Muse
Multi-Genre Author ~ Editor ~ Book Designer ~ Writing Coach
The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
Back In The Saddle... Literally.
May 2022 What does normalcy look like to an Indie Author? Spending afternoons surrounded by a herd of authors, soaking up their...
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The Ice Cream Party... Or, How Not To Organize A Writer's Retreat
May 2023 “So, I’ve been thinking that it might be a lot of fun if we got together to have a dish of ice cream. Does that sound like a...
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Ah, Spring... A New Year of Festivals
March 2024 I find it interesting that as we age, our perception of time also changes. When I was a student, the year began in...
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2024 Muskegon, Michigan Part Two: Big Water, What I Forgot, and The Cat Who Cried
July 2024 There is something magical about being near big water. I first felt it when I was a child. My family would team up with my...
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2024 Muskegon, Michigan: Part One... Authors, Books, and a Chicken!
July 2024 Do you remember the lyrics from the George Michael song, “Freedom”… “I think I’m gonna get me some happy!” Well, I got some...
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The Big Stuff In Shared Spaces: Setting Up Your Tent
January 2025 While thinking about and beginning to play events the 2025 Book Festival Season, I was talking with some other authors about...
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I'll Be Happy To Sell You Books... Here's How I Do It
January 2025 Periodically, as my author community grows, and I meet authors at fairs and festivals every season, the conversation of what...
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Writing Tools... Plottr, My Most Recent Love
January 2022 As with any profession, there are tools of the writing trade that will carry an author from their first book to their last. ...
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NaNoWriMo and The Wooden Spoon
October 2021 I just love this photo. It's a $0.99 solution for what could be a potential $9,000 problem. How do you keep your dog from...
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Writing Craft Books... The addiction is real!
August 2021 Since high school, when I realized that writing could actually be a thing I could do for life, I've been reading craft...
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Brand or Reputation? Independent Authors Need Both.
April 2022 A little while ago, I saw a post in an online networking group defining the term Brand. The writer supplied a bullet list of...
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Don't Insult Your Reader
April 2022 Whether fiction or non-fiction, reading is a preoccupation that requires a suspension of disbelief fostered inside trust. ...
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My Six-Step Approach To A Writing Hermitage
May 2023 If you ask anyone who knows me, you’ll discover that I am a HUGE advocate of Writing Communities, and I’m overly vocal about...
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Writing In The Wild: The John Ball Zoo
August 2023 Writing Field Trips, as I've eluded to in past posts, are something I truly enjoy. I spend an entire day exploring my...
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Writing Field Trip: DIA 2023
October 2023 If you're a writer, you've experienced it… writer’s block. That creative rut you get into and can’t seem to find a way to...
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