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Do Some Damage: Seven Habits of Bestselling Authors
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. Seven Habits of Bestselling Authors. As a newish author, I've spent some time studying what other successful authors do with their time. Luckily, they talk about their habits in interviews and on social media, so I've been able to get a small glimpse of how they spend their days. 2 Produce. They publish a book a year, at the minimum. Almost every author making a living by writing and nabbing spots on the bestseller list is putting out a book a year. 5 Spend a moderate amount of ti...
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Do Some Damage: The Summer of Reading Westerns - June reads
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Monday, July 6, 2015. The Summer of Reading Westerns - June reads. About a month ago I posted some thoughts on the western. The summer of reading westerns continues so I thought I'd check in with what westerns I read in June. And Is The Searchers. Are two questions that have surrounded the movie for years. Is The Searchers. Book) and it's author racist? I'm punting and will say that is thoughts for another day. Highly Recommended. Death of a Gunfighter. May be the better book (I read Shane. Utilizes a nu...
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Do Some Damage: 5/31/15 - 6/7/15
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Saturday, June 6, 2015. Scott D. Parker. I’m an independent author early in his writing career. Year zero, in fact. What that means for me is that 2015 has two main goals. The first is to publish books and start to build a body of work. The second is to see how well I can simultaneously produce new work while publishing new work all the while maintaining a day job. Wow So, how long would it take to write that many words? On Thursday, Alex wrote about “ Playing the Long Game. What is it like? I don’...
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Do Some Damage: 5/24/15 - 5/31/15
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Now Available: The Phantom Automobiles. Scott D. Parker. Today, I get to announce that THE PHANTOM AUTOMOBILES, the second book from Quadrant Fiction Studio, is now available as an ebook. You can get it via Amazon. Or Barnes and Noble. Depending on your preference. The new cover image over there on the right takes you to the main book page over at Quadrant’s website. The trade paperback will arrive in June. Now, that tale is here. Gordon Gardner, Ace Reporter! There’s not a ...
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Do Some Damage: The Summer of Reading Westerns - July reads
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Monday, August 3, 2015. The Summer of Reading Westerns - July reads. The Summer of reading westerns continues. In July I read 8 westerns ( here's the June report card. And a few short stories. The Log of a Cowboy. In the public domain so is available for free online). The Sea of Grass. The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones. The Hell Bent Kid. By Brian Garfield (1973): Tripwire is an action filled revenge story as the protag is screwed out of his part of a big score and goes after the men who left him for d...
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Do Some Damage: The Book I Read
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Book I Read. Or, What I Read While I Write vs. What I Read When I Edit. This is the opposite of a how-to post. This is closer to a poll. Why? Because I’m extremely curious to hear what other writers have to say about it. I was having dinner with a writer friend last night and, not surprisingly, we were talking about books we’d read recently. Many of these were written by people we knew. Something he said stuck out:. While they write, and when they don’t. Simple: I don’t...
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Do Some Damage: 7/12/15 - 7/19/15
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. Time-Traveling with the Justice League. Scott D. Parker. I have read many of those crossovers throughout the years, but the one that really sticks in my mind was the giant JLA/JSA crossover of 1982. This story, “Crisis on Earth-Prime,” was so huge, that it included a third team: All-Star Squadron. The five-part tale spanned two titles: JLA for three issues and All-Star Squadron for two. I’m not sure if this story is collected in a trade paperback or not, but I’d recom...A fantasy...
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Do Some Damage: 6/28/15 - 7/5/15
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Saturday, July 4, 2015. Brad Meltzer is My New Favorite Author Interviewee! Scott D. Parker. The best thing I heard this week were two interviews Brad Meltzer gave via podcasts. The first was the latest installment. At the Nerdist. Holy moley! Houston wasn’t on Meltzer’s tour schedule this year. That’s a shame, but these two podcasts make up for not seeing him in person. In a way, however, these two podcasts actually let you get to know the man more than a book event. That w...I’ve already and list...
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Do Some Damage: 8/2/15 - 8/9/15
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Scott D. Parker. Last week, I wrote about my trip to the Galveston Railroad Museum for research and for inspiration. This week, I had the wonderful happenstance of asking a simple question.and getting a whole new wrinkle on the new book. That left ocean liner. Okay, no problem. Helped with the timeline of the story anyway. But then I ran into a road block: where did ocean liners dock in England? It was awesome. And unexpected. Heck, he even verified that amount of money- a...I onl...
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Do Some Damage: Diary of a Conflicted Reader
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Diary of a Conflicted Reader. I think it's kind of funny that I had literally no thoughts or feelings when HarperCollins announced earlier this year that it would publish GO SET A WATCHMAN (GSAW) by Harper Lee. Because now that I've finished TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (TKAM) and I'm half-way through GSAW, I have all. The thoughts and feelings on the subject. Many questions have arisen with its publication- most notably, did Harper Lee want it published? There have been several articl...
