Extra Credits is a great Youtube series. In fact, at one point, they were even featured on my Links page. I tend to rotate things there from time to time, and maybe I should be giving them another go.

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... So Happy Birthday to me!

Yup, it's that time of year again! So, naturally, I'm taking the day off. No working on Shadow of an Empire, or Colony. Just relaxation, and celebration of another decade of life completed. I only get one birthday a year, so it's time to take advantage of that!

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Oh boy.

Yep, this post had to come at some point or another. Given the charged climate of “PC” these days (that’s “political correctness,” not “Personal Computer,” sadly) days, this topic is one that’s come up again and again in writing. Online, offline … just about everywhere.

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Well, this weekend was a slow one. If you're wondering where today's post went, the answer is ... tomorrow.

A lot of things are going to get done tomorrow.

Basically, it comes down to one of two things. The first is in the title. I got sick this last weekend. Well, really in the week leading up to it. Knocked out by some sinus infection.

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Why do your characters do what they do?

It seems like a simple question. And, likewise, a simple answer. Why do they do what they do? Because they want to.

Okay, but why?

Character motivation is one of those topics that seems pretty straightforward. You have a character, and you want them to do something, so they need a reason to do it, right?

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Man, I am behind on things! Right, so a long, long time ago, a reader wrote to me asking if there was a comprehensive, up-to-date list of all the music used so far in The Dusk Guard Saga.

They were pretty sure the answer was no (and they were right). However, they asked if it would be possible to get one. So I said yes.

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Wow. What a weekend. Views for The Question of Value continue to pour in from every corner of the web, from everywhere from news aggregate sites to tumblr. And with those views came comments, questions, concerns, and even discussion.

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There’s an interesting thought I’ve had bouncing around my head for over a month now, and all the more lately as a result of several other articles and blogs I’ve read that unknowingly touched on the topic in a way, but … how do we value an e-book?

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Editing is a curious thing. Almost everyone agrees that it’s something a written work needs to have. But by the same token, it’s one thing that I’ve noticed that, in my time as an author, many people don’t actually agree upon or know much about what it entails. The most accurate consensus I could assemble from what I’ve read and heard from casual writers (not dedicated authors) or the average layperson is that editing is about making a written work better. It’s about fixing the

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Hello again, readers, to another Monday! I hope yours looks a bit better than mine, at least outside your windows. We're catching the tail-end of a winter storm here, and so the world outside looks a grey smear of clouds with a slow trickle of rain. At least, what I'd consider a slow trickle of rain. It's a bit more for most here considering the desert environment.

I'm not griping. It just looks depressingly grey outside.

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