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What did you blog about today?
How to write a novel in 500 words:Synopsis, a dirty word for writers: Just boil your 80,000 word masterpiece down to one page. How hard could it be?
The Pantser's Guide to Personality Tests!How you can use the Enneagram personality test (for free) to deepen you characters into real, consistent, growth-able PEOPLE... but the fun way.
Firefighters don't grow old ... wait--yes, we do:They should have known better than to give me a hand tool.
Book review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Changing the title to Blade Runner was a good idea.
The Writing Process: Literary Agent Queries:Turns out it ain't easy.
Ford ... Falcon?I have a feeling you wouldn't want to be in this car when the driver's dodging potholes.
Why We Love Trouble is a mystery:Boy, is writing a mystery tough: characters, suspects, clues, red herrings, ghosts, horses, Bigfoot ...
Well, it's that kind of story.
Sing along with this month's newsletter:A link to the newsletter, in which I demonstrate my lack of songwriting ability.
Some Thoughts On Being Sick:As hobbies go, it kind of stinks.
Happy Spring Trails to You:Pokagon Saddle Barn is opening Saturday for the season! I believe first trail ride is 10 a.m., last is 5 p.m., going every hour.
Taking the Promotion Poll Position:Yes, you too can help decide how I will try to get you to spend money on me! As long as I don't have to name my business Boaty McBoatface.
Dispatchers Do It By Phone:In 1991, after an unfortunate encounter with a teething baby, a Congressman from Delaware became the very first person to yell, "What's the number for 911?"
Dad's Gift:Wait. If he's a great-grandfather, than I'm a ... never mind.
book review: Scavenger Hunt, by Dani LamiaA slow-burn novel gets weird, in a good way.
Doing the Promotion Pole Dance:Misleading title: Book promotion is never as exciting as a pole dance. And authors don't usually get nearly as many bucks that way, either.
The Highlights of the Junk Mail Folder. Or Is That Lowlights?"I have crzy wishes."
I wish you could spell.
It's camping season, and you'll need something to read:Well, I'd need something to read while camping! And I would suggest a book about ... camping.
Thanks for having me in this writers group. Here's my latest!Anyone else ever write a book that's hard to classify?
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I'm in a horticultural wasteland:The question: Lilacs, or whatever the heck that is growing in the lilacs?
Famous, Infamous, or In Prison: Making It as a Humor Writer:If you think about it I just blogged a commercial, so I must be well on my way.
Depression Can Be Depressing:Other than to apologize for being so antisocial and grouchy this year, this is mostly a public service announcement.
For anyone near Albion, Indiana, June 9th, here are details on the Albion Fire Department's annual fish fry:"Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights", a history of the AFD, is sold as a fund raiser for the AFD. Find it here:
R Hunter"
Hmmm,I don't blog every day anymore, but I added a new blog to my indie press site yesterday:
book review: Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero It's not your parents' Scooby Doo.
Memorial Day: It is the Veteran:Remember.
Mayor declared war on soft drinks ... but still loved donuts:"They can have my Slurpee when they pry it from my cold, sticky hands."
Yesterday I Couldn't Even Spell Ciprofloxacin:"I used to get sinus infections like politicians get bribes ... now there's one every year or two, at about the same rate Godzilla destroys Tokyo."
Photos from my brother's memorial gathering:It was a nice day to do something I'd rather not be doing.
When Writing Promotion Goes Overboard:Yes, there IS such a thing as bad publicity.
book review: The Flying Girl, by Edith Van Dyne:This novel's author got technical advice ... from one of the Wright Brothers!
How I solved all our water problems:Maybe the government will go for it. After all, it involves spending a lot of money.
Landlines Leaving Lasting Legacy:The short version: We don't have a home phone, anymore.
Happy Second of July Kevlar!How John Adams couldn't count, and Ben Franklin's condoms saved America.
'When your heart speaks, look closely at it. Don't let it breath evil, it's too dangerous. When the sun gives you light, let it burn away all the chaos that is holding you back.' - D.L. Lewis
Engines are usually made of metal, but I'm pretty sure this one is wood."I am Groot."
We were real firecrackers, back then:"Afterward it took us awhile to put together what happened. That sentence tends to pop up in many of my stories."
4H Writers Write Right Writing:If I'm counting correctly (which is never a given), this is my sixth year judging 4H prose writing entries.
The Potawatomi Trail of Death:Emily and I were traveling through Marshal County, Indiana, when we stumbled across a sign ...
movie review: Black WidowNatasha finally gets her own movie ... but will it be the only one?
Got the itch for Etsy? I've got a code.Congrats to Charis Koehl for getting her Etsy shop set up! Yesterday I couldn't even spell Etsy, and today I have a code for you shoppers.
Cold air funnel forms a You shaped TubeYou may have seen this funnel cloud footage, but have you seen it on YouTube? (Okay, it's still pretty much the same.)
Hi Mark!! :) Going to look at clouds on the link.
On titling chapters:I have fun titling my book chapters ... but traditional publishers don't seem to agree.
I wrote a review for "Leave the World Behind" since it was on Obama's summer reading list! I would appreciate it so much if you checked out my blog - I'm just starting it as an amateur book lover and learning more from the reading community.
Book review: Sod's Law, by Roger Lawrence:Some people don't have to go looking for trouble: It just comes right to them.
Getting my dander up:When I Poke at the Mon, it just shows I have a lot of balls.
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Albion and Noble County (other topics)10 Days of Pleasure (other topics)
Unity, Volume 1: A Magical Realism Anthology (other topics)
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Mark R. Hunter (other topics)Ed Protzel (other topics)
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Owning a snowblower stopped the snow ... for awhile.