Hey, I live in Washington and I’m an Idiot

I’m sick of politicians who are more worried about votes, Republican or Democrat, than actually doing what needs to be done. Sick of these fools buying votes with Federal programs for everything from farm subsidies to gelatin wrestling. When someone runs for office, does an idiot switch get flipped? “Vote for me, I’ll spend like there’s

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The Meth Epidemic, The Marines

The Meth Epidemic Mamphetamine is the most addictive illegal drug in America. Unlike marijuana, cocaine, or heroin, all of which are synthesized from easy-to-obtain plant material (cannabis, cocoa leaf, opium poppy), meth requires ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which are very complex to make and require a lot of know-how and high-tech processing. The only folks who

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Writing Update: 5/28/11 – Freewrites, Storylines, Proportion

I finished the next chapter of my outline, which turned into three chapters. Hurray for making progress. However, I’m going to need to make more time on a weekly basis if I’m going to meet my goal. I’ve kept stats over the last four novels. My average is 500 words per hour during the drafting

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Writing Update: 5/21/11 – visualize first, scene goals, the power of research

I finished two chpaters this week. I’m quite a bit behind my stretch schedule which has me finishing the beginning of August although not too far behind my my conservative schedule which has me finishing the end of September.  A few more weeks and we’ll see if I’m giong to meet the stretch schedule. A lot of these

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Maya Lassiter interviews The Man

Maya has one of the most quirky goat-loving blogs around. I dare you to read just one of her blogs. You can’t do it.  You’ll find yourself going back to read another. And another. Anyway, she’s been doing a series called “How Writers Do What They Do” where she interviews authors on the creative process. Mine’s the latest, but there

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