Sages and Warfare

A Sage is defined as being wise through reflection and experience or characterized by wisdom, prudence, and good judgment. That being stated one of my favorite books in the entire world is Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.”  The Art of War is believed to be written by Sun Tzu, a Chinese general and philosopher.  Scholars disagree as to the actual time that he existed and when the book was written but it was definitely written in the BC period approximately over 2,250 years ago.  In its thirteen chapters it explains most elegantly the many facets and complexities of warfare.  The beautiful thing about the book is that its principles are just as relative today as they were when the book was written.  These principles can...

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Psychics

Of the mind, mental.  A person who claims to have an ability to perceive information hidden from normal senses through extrasensory perception. If I was sending e-mails, Tweets, and other stuff that I would describe as Spam to all the people who I have in my circles on Google, or who have me in their circles, my Twitter followers, or the people who have connected with me on Facebook or Goodreads stuff advertising a religious belief of mine, or religious preference of mine I would be sued by the end of the day! Yet I get stuff for psychic readings almost everyday! I am not getting down on psychics.  I think it falls into the category of religion or religious beliefs.  It is backed up by what people believe to be true about...

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Turns in Time

I have mentioned in previous posts my family is Scottish, Clan Gunn, my father was born in Scotland and his family was from the Glascow area.  I am the first generation of the family born in America.  I was born on Castle Air Force Base which used to be located outside Merced, California.  My father was part of SAC, Strategic Air Command, and a Drill Instructor during his time in the Air Force. When I was between two and three the men under my Dads command made a tiny regulation Air Force uniform with the sergeant stripes, and the SAC patch.  I wore this when I was itty bitty and my father said I would march around issuing orders and his men would snap to. Later my folks got me the jacket, and kilt (Clan Gunn Tartan)...

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Fight or Flight Response

When I was a young man I wasn’t trained to fight and the rules of the house were to never hit your brother, figuratively and literally.  As anyone with brothers and sisters knows, there are going to be fights and they are going to strike each other from time to time.  My father who was raised as an only child and always wanted a brother or a sister couldn’t understand this dynamic of growing up with siblings.  My father was also a strict disciplinarian who previously to being a father of three was an Air Force Drill Instructor and later a police officer in California during the late sixties – there was very little fighting when Dad was around. Later in life I joined the service.  Being the typical rebellious teenage...

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My First Novel "Whisper"

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The Goose, Mallard, and the Albatross

In July I did a blog post about the Grumman Goose largely because I feature this plane in my upcoming novel “Leviathan Deterrent”, which will be published later this year, the sequel to my first novel “Whisper.”  I mistakenly stated in that post that this is the same plane that is used in the movies “The Expendables” and that they wreck in the “The Expendables 2.”  It was actually a larger later version, the Grumman Albatross that they used in the Expendable movies. The Grumman Goose originated in 1936 as a rich mans water taxi to get from Long Island to New York.  For those interested in the history and specs of this grand plane and the one featured in my upcoming novel which is to be released soon. See my post from July. ...

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Plateaus

A Level of Attainment or Achievement. I hit two levels which I attribute to getting closer to being discovered, and people talking about my books and rushing to get them when the new releases come out. The first is I managed to get over 1,000 followers on Twitter. The Second is my blog, this blog you’re reading right now, has stayed at over two hundred hits for an entire week! I know as far as the results of internet marketing goes both of these numbers are miniscule in comparison to some of the website or social marketing things which exist go.  In my little sphere of the world and from where I started from in January of 2011, these are both milestones.  Primarily for the fact that both are in an upward trend. I am...

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Support Units

Besides the story which this author feels is the most crucial element of any good book, what else is required to write your novel, or series of novels?  As all books are different, as are the writers who write them and the methods and techniques we authors use to get to our end goal which is another finished book, the following is just suggestions that this author has come across of possible support material for writing your masterpiece.  Take what you will, leave what doesn’t apply. (The picture above is a picture of a combat support unit.) I.  The Characters Sheet             A.  The Cast of your book.  Where you keep track of the names you used and...

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How do you find your Target Market?

I keep seeing these posts and tweets about Write to your market!  Target your Audience! How do you find your Target Market? It’s this question I would like to address today. You don’t!  They find you! This is part of the process of getting discovered.  Getting discovered can be equated to getting your books and name out there in the world where people are discussing them, telling their friends about them and then a mass of people rush to buy your books.  If you’re writing good books they will be panting at the door when the next one comes out to buy it, and if you’re writing great books they will pre-order it months in advance of it being released. In traditional publishing they put all the like books together...

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Fashion, Boudoir, Shapes and Women

My wife keeps getting on me because she says when she gets on Pinterest now it’s like she is looking at soft porn and it is because of my posts which show up because she follows me and I follow her on that that site.  Yes, I am on Pinterest! My wife got me started with it, and it was one of her boards which is entitled Boudoir that really caught my interest.  Before Pinterest and my wife I had no idea the word Boudoir existed or what it meant, but it definitely had an allure to my personal tastes.  I also very soon afterward created a Board entitled “Real Womens Styles/Fashion” because the body style of most of the woman I have ever met and that I particularly really like are referred to by the fashion industry by mean...

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Now you know the rest of the story.

How long does it take to produce a novel? As I prepare to write the last chapter of my fourth novel it dawned on me I don’t really know how long it takes me to write a novel.  Since starting this new enterprise which has transformed my life, given me a passion and direction as strong as my family and faith, but that I can directly focus and work on daily, I have not been able to work on a book from start to finish. When I finished my first book I sent it off to be edited, and started my second book.  Before finishing my second book I got the corrections back on the first one and jumped into correcting them.  Then I published my first book and moved back to finishing the second.  I sent it off to be edited and started...

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Interrogation Techniques

Anybody who saw the movie “The Dark Knight” and saw the scene where Batman interrogates the Joker has to appreciate his lack of following the recommended rules for interrogating a suspect.  He can get away with that stuff because he’s Batman, a vigilante, and it’s effective as hell. For a while after that movie was out two guys made a couple of YouTube Videos spoofing the Dark Knight Interrogation scene between Batman and Joker playing up the point that it is hard to understand Batman while he is growling/talking his questions.  The guy playing the Joker just keeps saying he can't understand and Batman keeps hitting him and growling at him.  I tried looking them up to play provide the links to them on this post but YouTube...

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Spiritualism on Two Wheels

I own a motorcycle.  I am not a die hard died in the wool biker, but I am more than just a weekend warrior.  I have rules for riding.  They are more of guidelines than rules etched in stone, but I try and follow them. 1.  I ride on clear and sunny days.  I have riden in the rain from driving tanks in the Army to full on typhoon type thunderstorms on my bike.  I prefer nice sunny days. 2.  I don’t ride my bike as transportation.  I will not ride it to the store, to work, to purposefully get somewhere.  I don’t enjoy riding in traffic, sitting waiting on traffic lights.  I don’t ever want to get to where I am in a hurry to get somewhere so I won’t be late while riding a bike. 3. ...

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