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Jump: Some questions and answers

Jump: Some questions and answers

In anticipation of the release of my upcoming novel, Jump, I wanted to offer some answers on a few questions I think readers and media might have regarding the book. I hope you enjoy!   How did the idea for ...

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A Specific Marketing Plan for Self-Published Authors

A Specific Marketing Plan for Self-Published Authors

I’ve already published a thorough marketing strategy with a calendar outlining specific deadlines and objectives. Now I want to share with you my overarching Marketing Plan for Jump based on an outline I found on the All Indie Writers website. The ...

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Great sentences are not good enough

Great sentences are not good enough

I got suckered into reading a novel titled “All That Is” after I read a review once. In that review (which I can’t seem to find anymore) the reader mentioned that author James Salter is a master of sentence structure. ...

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How to make evil characters complex

How to make evil characters complex

Yesterday I warned against flattening your characters, especially the “enemy” ones you want your readers to hate. Today, I want to provide some tangible advice on how to accomplish this. Below are some simple suggestions to make your villains, antagonists, ...

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My conversion story to Christ

My conversion story to Christ

(Feature image at the top of this blog post belongs to Lucid Light) I grew up Catholic. My younger brother and sister, who are twins, were baptized as babies by Pope John Paul II. I was baptized by a friend ...

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My thieving childhood

My thieving childhood

When I was a boy, my family lived in Italy, and I used to steal office supplies from my father’s study and sell them at school for money to buy candy. I stole pens, pencils, sharpeners, erasers, scotch tape, post-it ...

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