I tend to look at the big picture a lot. I actually enjoy taking a step back in any given situation and analyzing the larger strategy or plan at work. The same goes for my writing; the clearest vision in my head for any story is the Big Picture. My issue is that the big picture often distracts me from the little things. Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: When the Big Picture Gets Too Big”
Alluring dreams of desolation
Self inflicted isolation
Earned by deception
But only in self preservation Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #37 – Solitude”
Disclosure: I work for a marketing firm. While I have no formal education in marketing or business and would never claim to be an “expert”, working in online marketing for two companies over the last four years has taught me a lot. This series will explore the marketing strategies I will use to promote my upcoming novel.
Well, it’s been quite some time since I’ve updated this series. The last time we checked in, I discussed marketing through social media.
Today, I’m going to take a look back to a previous post, in which I provided a summary of sending online press releases. Why?
Because I just sent my first press release! Continue reading “Marketing Your Novel: Why Send Press Releases?”
I can see what’s so great about leaving
Forgetting about what you’re constantly feeling
Getting to breathe without fearing the hearing
Of reprimands and commands never ceasing. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #51 – Away”
Slick pavement, black sheen
sparkles next to lush green grass
under ashen sky.
Steve D
Sigh… to be a traveler for the rest of my life. That’s my dream, I think.
Alas, perhaps when I am rich and famous I can live a life of exploration and adventure. Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: Back to Work!”
I’m back! PW and I landed safe and sound in Baltimore last night and were happily reunited with our lovable pup. Continue reading “The Reset After the Long Hiatus”
You’re bright blue, baby
A sight I’ve been deprived of,
A beauty unseen,
By someone as jaded as me. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #57 – Gray”
Sometimes the best way
to end an adventure is
with the familiar.
Steve D
“Thus Always to Tyrants”
Yup. That’s what that Latin at the bottom of the VA flag stands for.
Here we go:
Foo Fighters – Arlandria
Arlandria is a strange smoshing of a place between Alexandria and Arlington. It’s also where Dave Grohl, leader of the Foo Fighters grew up. Continue reading “15 on the 15th: “My sweet Virginia, I’m the same as I was in your arms””
Evening Satellite Publishing 