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Bits and Bobs
Searching and Researching
One of the best parts of writing vintage-style fiction, is that hours of research on my favorite topics all count as “work”! I use Pinterest to organize my visual reference material, which means surfing Pinterest also counts as “work.” Vertically integrated, you see? Here’s a delightful article I found while “working,” which describes General George …
The Problem with Art
In honor of Holy Week, here’s a little presentation I wrote back in my acting days for an arts group discussing the Virtue of Humility. Hope ya like it. But if you don’t, I’ll try to be okay with that. Here’s the problem with too much art – it starts to hurt you. I don’t …
Here’s the thing about Indie Publishing…
I’ve learned a lot about this game in the last year (and have a lot more to learn). The biggest thing hit home in the last six weeks, the crunch weeks running up to (and right over) the target date for putting Mister Mottley up for sale. It’s all you. See, when you are traditionally-published …
The Savage Automatic Pistol – Model 1917
I must confess, until I began researching vintage firearms in earnest, I had little knowledge of the murder weapons in my favorite books. Names like Webley, Beretta, and Luger swam vaguely across my memory, with no visual association at all. Feast your eyes with me, on this lesser-known model of automatic pistol. American-made, the Savage …