Just a quick note, the birthday sale has arrived, and everything is discounted. You can check my main site for the breakdown, or just go right to my Amazon page and take a look!

Just so you don't forget ...

So … I picked that title because it looked and read better than my other alternatives. One of which was “The Heavy Hand of Whatever” which really didn’t inspire a lot of confidence. Another was the several knit-together topics that this post was to cover … which would leave you, readers, with a giant string to look at. Then the last was a giant string (______) in place of “the Writer.”

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So, Thursday update ...

You ever have one of those moments where you're all gung-ho to do something, and then you sit down and your mind goes blank? Yup, that's me at this post right now. So I suppose I'll just go with the basics, starting from the top.

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Whoa. Did I wake up late today. Noon, in fact. Wow.

But you know what? I feel excellent! Last night marks, I think, the first full night of sleep I’ve gotten in since … crud … Since I returned from my quick Alaska trip. And even there I was playing catch up. I think that today I might almost be caught up.

So … today’s post is a little late. Sorry. But I really don’t feel bad. I feel really good. Crud, I might even go get some exercise today!

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Just a weekend reminder to mark your calendar for the upcoming 24-hour Sale on April 19th! That's only eleven days away! For a single period of 24 hours, every book I've ever written will be discounted. Even Colony! Here's the breakdown:

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This thought-provoking quote was brought to my attention this last Sunday at one of the LDS General Conference sessions, where it was quoted from a 2016 New York Times article on "Shame Culture." I'm sharing it because of its insightful look into why the current "shaming" trend doesn't work, and isn't a basis for a stable society.

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Welcome back, readers, to another Monday post of Being a Better Writer! Sorry for the delay. As many of you likely guessed, I was given a morning shift at work to deal with. Half-shift, but even then there's the prep time around it, afterwards, travel time, etc ... Hence why I'd rather sell more books. But that's a case for another post. Being late, better I dive right into today's topic!

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You know, it's funny, but I always find that it takes me a few lines worth of errors to readjust to using my big, awesome keyboard again. Just like it takes me a little while to adjust to using someone's laptop keyboard when I'm traveling and going to make a post. The fingers go to the expected locations, and ... Whoops! See? Well, you can't, because I fixed it, but just there, with the "whoops," I did it again.

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Greetings from Alaska, readers! Yes, that's right, I'm home visiting my parents for a few days. And old friends. It's fantastic. I flew in Sunday morning, after a nice long layover in Seattle which was most of my Saturday. As usual, the trip to my hometown was roughly a full day's journey. That was okay, however, as I'd brought my WiiU with me.

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