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Project Hail Mary
Book review time… Project Hail Mary I have had Project Hail Mary sitting in my to read list for four to six months. As with all books I...
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Jan 2, 20243 min read
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Merry Christmas and a Happy … February?
The time of year has come back around for us to once again lie to ourselves about things we will do next year, or who we will be one year...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 30, 20233 min read
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How to Write Part 3: Building Character
Topics coming up: Keeping vs. back burner scenes. Plots threads. Rounding out the characters. Today: Building character(s). By starting...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 29, 20235 min read
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Money Where Your Mouth Is.
This is about books, but the idea behind it is broader than that. The message is simple, and it is in the title but how it plays out can...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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Raspberries Are… The Holiday Miracle…
I would like to talk to you about a miracle. The raspberry. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s make a clear definition: Miracle: a...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 23, 20232 min read
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How to Write, Part 2: Ideas into Scenes
In the last section we discussed the source of writing, which were ideas. Today we are going to give the second step in the architectural...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 21, 20235 min read
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Prioritize Reading. Part 2:
Today we are only going to talk about the next five methods of increasing your reading volume. Â Maybe we will slip in some bonus material...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 19, 20234 min read
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Excuses Please...
Helen Adams Keller born in 1880, lost her sight and her hearing after an illness when she was 19 months old. In a time before women’s...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 17, 20231 min read
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The Fall. Part 2.
I am very excited to release to the website, The Fall, Part 2. If you haven't seen The Fall, Part 1Â check it out here. Short stories will...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 15, 20231 min read
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How to write Part 1: The Idea
Before you can write a book, you need an idea. I tend to write inside of fantasy and science fiction to varying degrees. Adjacent fields...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 13, 20234 min read
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Play TTRPGs...
TTRPG = Table Top Role-Playing Games. If you have never heard of them or have never tried one, the most popular one, though not my...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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Prioritize Reading
In the previous Your Brain of Tomorrow, we discussed the importance of reading for the neurobiology and mental health of any individual....
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 11, 20236 min read
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One Story
Everyone has one story worth telling. Their own lives. It has been said every writer writes only what they know. We know our own lives...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 10, 20231 min read
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How to Write
Garden writers. Scaffold builders. Unstructured writers. Discovery writers. Plotters. Pantsers. Architects. Designers. There are as many...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 7, 20233 min read
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86,400, 86,399, …
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. 24 hours X 60 minutes x 60 seconds = 86,400. I’m a normal human being… I sleep 8 hours. 28,800 seconds...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 6, 20231 min read
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Your Brain of Tomorrow
Neuroplasticity. Emotional Intelligence. Creativity. Empathy. These are all considered good things to have. I can’t think of the last...
kevinholochwostaut
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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Dialogue Part 6… Talking to Pass the Time.
Dialogue can let time pass slowly, quickly, or in a manner which is indeterminate. In general, when we are trying to show, and not tell,...
kevinholochwostaut
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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All of yesterday’s…
Yesterday’s mistakes are yesterday’s. They belong there, in the past, a reminder of what we did wrong, and why we need to do better. They...
kevinholochwostaut
Nov 29, 20231 min read
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Dribs and Drabs
Technically, Dribbles and Drabbles. The history of short, short supper short literature is not new. The legendary story popularly...
kevinholochwostaut
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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Echo
I would like you to go grab your phone, and see how many contacts you have. I’ll wait here. How many are friends? Family? Coworkers?...
kevinholochwostaut
Nov 25, 20233 min read
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