Why we create

Why we create— 

Because it puts something new in the world. 

Because it pushes back against the entropy of the universe.  

Because it remembers where we come from, and those we knew, while inviting new expereiences and new people into our lives.  

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Marketing isn't so scary

I used to think marketing was a scary word. 

Now I realize it's just me talking to people who really want to hear from me. I owe it to my readers, customers, or clients to market my work, so we can find each other.

That's all marketing is. People finding each other.

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What you see and what you get

Sometimes things aren't what they seem. So we should work on understanding and thinking and caring before reacting to what we think is an injustice. 

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Podcasting Basics from the Wordslinger

Podcasting has been good for me, and it's something I love to talk about. Have you ever wanted to create a podcast of your own? I'm working on a new book, the "30-Day Podcaster," but until it's done I thought I'd share a bit about the basics of setting up and running a show of your own! 

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VIDEO: Disney Wordslinger and Patreon Week of 1 February 2016

We had a great time at Disney World, staying at Fort Wilderness in our new Aliner LXE camper! And Universal Studios was a blast. If you're ever in Orlando, definitely try to stay at the Disney campgrounds, and give the studios a try.

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The Disney Hangover

There are things you learn from traveling that you can't learn any other way.

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Modding and the A-frame camper

One of the greatest joys of RV living is modding. Kara and I spent the weekend installing little touches and organizational resources in preparation for our first big trip in the Tumble Inn.  

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I hope my MacBook doesn't read this

As my life gets more portable, I have to rethink even a few things I thought were settled. Technology is making it possible to do a lot more with a lot less (and a much smaller footprint). So I thought I'd take a look at the iPad, and see if I could replace the laptop that replaced the bigger laptop that replaced the non-portable desktop. The circle of life.  

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Welcome to the Tumble Inn

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Like so much dandelion fluff

It's not easy to squeeze a 2,500+ square foot life into 400-ish square feet. Or less. But I'm looking forward to giving it a go. And I think the stories that will come out of it are already beginning. So here we go. Tomorrow it begins. And turning this page has never been so exciting.

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Have Words, Will Travel - Looking to write from the road

As Kara and I keep edging forward in our plan to hit the road and RV it full time, I'm looking for publications and media outlets that need content, or maybe want to sponsor a Wordslinger on his journey. 

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Considering Mia

Sometimes the things we consider most become our biggest excuses. It's time to start considering a different way of looking at considerations. 

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Listen to my interview on The Author Hangout

Just a quick note and a shout out to the The Author Hangout. This was a great interview, and I really enjoyed being on the show. Listen in for some great tips for marketing your books (if that's your thing), or just get a bit of behind the scenes from yours truly!

Listen in here! 

http://bookmarketingtools.com/blog/write-your-book-faster/

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Me and Mrs. Kringle

"I didn't mean to startle you," she said.

But she hadn't really startled me. It was more like ... well, I was having a moment of "Is this real life?"

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The past has plush seats and working air conditioning

It's one thing to know that you'll have to make a few compromises to get the life you're after. It's another to give up my truck, dang it. 

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Something funny happened on the way to the Brontosaurus

It started with driving an hour or so to Clute, Texas, to pick up a couple of boxes of my books from the Intermediate school. I'd spoken there a few weeks earlier, and had left the books so a few students could buy copies the next day. Clute isn't that far from where I live now, in Sugar Land, and it's more or less part of my my old stomping grounds. It wasn't much of an imposition to make the drive. 

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Humanity's Mindset Problem

I've been thinking this morning that humanity has a mindset problem.

We keep thinking in terms of "we have to fight terrorism, we have to fight for better gun laws, we have to fight cancer, war, inequality." We fight more battles daily than have been fought globally in the whole of history.

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Homeless (for a minute there)

Sometimes plans change. And sometimes you just get a few new steps. That's where things landed for me and Kara as we finally sold our house, and realized we'd be homeless in just over a week. Time for new, updated plans, or we're living in a truck tent.

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The envy of 13-year-old me

Yesterday was my birthday. And I tried ... I really tried.

 I wanted to write a post yesterday that would sum up 43 years of me doing that thing I do. Whatever that thing is. It has something to do with writing, pants, scotch, off-color politics, inappropriate comments and more writing. Especially that first and last part. 

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Closed Days

It wouldn't take much of a Google search to discover that I am far from perfect. I have a lot of flaws—big, proud, prominent issues that completely ruin my chances of running for Congress. Though my odds of running for President seem to be going up lately. 

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