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Monday, December 23, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The beginning of National Write A Novel Month
Hi everyone,
It is six'o'clock on Saturday evening November the second and I have written 0 words. I work a lot and writing 1700 words every day after working 8 hours or more is very difficult. I strive towards the day when I can write all day, because when it is all I have to do I can really lay some words down. The biggest challenge is starting and while at first I thought writing on my blog was just a form of procrastination I now realize that it could be a jump start for getting my 1700 words done and maybe making up some of yesterday's missed words. Another aspect I think will help is that I am writing towards something I have already started and starting in the small aspects and large aspects is the hardest part.
It is six'o'clock on Saturday evening November the second and I have written 0 words. I work a lot and writing 1700 words every day after working 8 hours or more is very difficult. I strive towards the day when I can write all day, because when it is all I have to do I can really lay some words down. The biggest challenge is starting and while at first I thought writing on my blog was just a form of procrastination I now realize that it could be a jump start for getting my 1700 words done and maybe making up some of yesterday's missed words. Another aspect I think will help is that I am writing towards something I have already started and starting in the small aspects and large aspects is the hardest part.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Democrats are Nazis Pt. 1
There are so many little things I would like to touch on.
1. Immigration
2. Used video games
3. Football
There are some others but now isn't the time.
First of all, immigration; I cannot fathom how it is any kind of good idea to let people who came in illegally to magically become citizens. And if I were someone who immigrated legally I would be infuriated. I mean these people came over here and already broke the law. So we want to reward criminals? I realize that some had good intentions, probably not many, most just came to leech, sure they may need help, but the way they went about it deserves nothing. Right off the bat these people are takers, which is why I think the democrats love the idea of making them citizens. It really boils down to this, the democrat politicians rely heavily on worthless and lazy people who have no chance in society without government assistance, handouts, etc.
I'm sorry but Romney was totally right when he said that 47% will never vote against democrats because they are dependent on the government. Its sad, IT IS TRUE, and it makes me sick.
The other 4% needed are some other kind of incompetent, who are too idealistic, immoral, and some kind of stupid.
Please anyone post some type of logical argument in favor of this amnesty proposal.
Now for a less serious idea. The companies that make video games want to make it impossible to buy used video games. Lets consider this, how do you feel about buying a 30,000 car you can never sell, I bet you would think about it twice. 30,000 you can never get any of it back, you are essentially stuck with it forever or throw it away. Most video game consumers consider $60 for a video game to be very expensive. And this reflects in lower tier games not being purchased, and the company that made those games don't recoup their investment, and many publishers have gone out of business, not for just this reason but it is a factor. So if you can't resell a game it will prevent even less people from purchasing games that they otherwise might give a chance. And there are a lot of people who flat out do not buy new games at least not until they have been out for a while and seen a significant price drop. I have 26 games in my PS3 collection I have purchased only 6 near full retail value and only 5 used all the rest I bought after they were severely discounted, but I guarantee you that if I did not get the 5 used games I would not have spent more for them, someone got money for them that they probably spent on another game, gamestop got money from it which helps people and the money I saved probably helped me justify buying one of the 6 games I got at near full retail value. I don't see how keeping people from buying games helps anyone and predict it will hurt everyone.
Right now I can get a NEW copy of Mass Effect 3 cheaper at Sam's club than used at Gamestop.
Finally I want to talk about Obama and football; The NFL is a capable entity, it is perfectly capable of regulating itself and must face it's own legal ramifications. The government has far too many problems right now that to worry about something that is not broken. If he is successful in changing the game well, the fans will abandon the NFL and start a new league simple as that, and if the government tries to force change will that is Tyranny and real Americans will not stand for it. The Government's job is clearly defined and most of the regulations it is attempting are not its job.
Stop wasting time on football and balance the budget.
Libertarians must really hate democrats they are always sticking their noses where they don't belong, just like the Nazis!
1. Immigration
2. Used video games
3. Football
There are some others but now isn't the time.
First of all, immigration; I cannot fathom how it is any kind of good idea to let people who came in illegally to magically become citizens. And if I were someone who immigrated legally I would be infuriated. I mean these people came over here and already broke the law. So we want to reward criminals? I realize that some had good intentions, probably not many, most just came to leech, sure they may need help, but the way they went about it deserves nothing. Right off the bat these people are takers, which is why I think the democrats love the idea of making them citizens. It really boils down to this, the democrat politicians rely heavily on worthless and lazy people who have no chance in society without government assistance, handouts, etc.
I'm sorry but Romney was totally right when he said that 47% will never vote against democrats because they are dependent on the government. Its sad, IT IS TRUE, and it makes me sick.
The other 4% needed are some other kind of incompetent, who are too idealistic, immoral, and some kind of stupid.
Please anyone post some type of logical argument in favor of this amnesty proposal.
Now for a less serious idea. The companies that make video games want to make it impossible to buy used video games. Lets consider this, how do you feel about buying a 30,000 car you can never sell, I bet you would think about it twice. 30,000 you can never get any of it back, you are essentially stuck with it forever or throw it away. Most video game consumers consider $60 for a video game to be very expensive. And this reflects in lower tier games not being purchased, and the company that made those games don't recoup their investment, and many publishers have gone out of business, not for just this reason but it is a factor. So if you can't resell a game it will prevent even less people from purchasing games that they otherwise might give a chance. And there are a lot of people who flat out do not buy new games at least not until they have been out for a while and seen a significant price drop. I have 26 games in my PS3 collection I have purchased only 6 near full retail value and only 5 used all the rest I bought after they were severely discounted, but I guarantee you that if I did not get the 5 used games I would not have spent more for them, someone got money for them that they probably spent on another game, gamestop got money from it which helps people and the money I saved probably helped me justify buying one of the 6 games I got at near full retail value. I don't see how keeping people from buying games helps anyone and predict it will hurt everyone.
Right now I can get a NEW copy of Mass Effect 3 cheaper at Sam's club than used at Gamestop.
Finally I want to talk about Obama and football; The NFL is a capable entity, it is perfectly capable of regulating itself and must face it's own legal ramifications. The government has far too many problems right now that to worry about something that is not broken. If he is successful in changing the game well, the fans will abandon the NFL and start a new league simple as that, and if the government tries to force change will that is Tyranny and real Americans will not stand for it. The Government's job is clearly defined and most of the regulations it is attempting are not its job.
Stop wasting time on football and balance the budget.
Libertarians must really hate democrats they are always sticking their noses where they don't belong, just like the Nazis!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
If you want to be an Author; Books you must read.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Two books by Noah Lukeman: The First Five Pages, and How to Land (and Keep) a Literary Agent
Those two books are so good I would recommend reading everything he has written but those are the only two I have read so far.
Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Rennie Browne & Dave King
I have read a few others but so far those have been hands down the most useful/helpful.
I am sure there are other standout books to help aspiring authors so please let me and others know about them in the comment section.
Two books by Noah Lukeman: The First Five Pages, and How to Land (and Keep) a Literary Agent
Those two books are so good I would recommend reading everything he has written but those are the only two I have read so far.
Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Rennie Browne & Dave King
I have read a few others but so far those have been hands down the most useful/helpful.
I am sure there are other standout books to help aspiring authors so please let me and others know about them in the comment section.
Editing my book
So, I've finished my book, the first very rough draft, that is. I thought it was time to celebrate, it is a major accomplishment after all. And more importantly start the query process. But I've learned it's not time to start the query process. I guess I read somewhere something along the lines of "great you finished your book, time to start querying." But I guess it meant completely finished. Now I have put querying on hold, and picked up the book to edit it. Man is it a lot. Almost overwhelming. I can do it though, God help me.
For the first chapter I marked 94 edits of some sort. Today I added about 30 more. I haven't decided if I am going to look at it right away after I make those changes or come back to it later once I am deeper into the book but I know that this is not the last round. I just read a great book that said you should only start querying once you are completely done editing the book, his example was the 40th draft. I doubt I'll get to forty but I will say this. I a much more capable editor now than I was 3 months ago, and I was much better then, than I was a year ago. I am very proud of how far I have come along in my ability to edit and honestly a year ago I would not have thought I would be able to be where I am now ever. What is even more encouraging is that I see myself not only capable of further improvement but I have no doubt that I will keep improving.
For the first chapter I marked 94 edits of some sort. Today I added about 30 more. I haven't decided if I am going to look at it right away after I make those changes or come back to it later once I am deeper into the book but I know that this is not the last round. I just read a great book that said you should only start querying once you are completely done editing the book, his example was the 40th draft. I doubt I'll get to forty but I will say this. I a much more capable editor now than I was 3 months ago, and I was much better then, than I was a year ago. I am very proud of how far I have come along in my ability to edit and honestly a year ago I would not have thought I would be able to be where I am now ever. What is even more encouraging is that I see myself not only capable of further improvement but I have no doubt that I will keep improving.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Back at it
It has been a while since my last post. Could it be I was depressed about the outcome of the election. Well no. I was fairly certain that Obama was going to win I could see it coming. It has just been two months but it feels like a lot longer. Looking back at it now there are some things I want to address.
First in general the Democrats were sore winners. On the night of the election at my girlfriends apartment complex many people rushed out celebrating and they were quite obnoxious, some were using a lot of profanity, mainly towards Romney, but also towards anyone that requested they quiet down.
Also working at a restaurant I had multiple guests come and gloat, they were extremely ecstatic, and I cannot understand for the life of me why.
Hopefully if you are reading this you have already read my previous posts on politics and you understand that I am a rational but politically active but logical person.
Having friends across the political spectrum I am shocked by how deeply divided people still are over the election. I would expect that if Romney would have won it wouldn't be that big of a deal to most democrats, I mean both Romney and McCain are nearly democrats themselves, neither one are anything like Bush. Although Palin was abysmal and Ryan was %100 republican I still do not see the big deal. Granted Obama has been better than what I feared I still hate Obamacare, I still do not have insurance. And this whole gun situation is a little scary but more on that later.
I guess one of my biggest problems is that I still need a job, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier. The government has yet to help me help myself even though I have asked. and I made more money in 2010, even with going on vacation to Germany for 3(yes Three) months, than 2011 and 2012 combined but part of that might be due to my motorcycle accident.
So this was more of a rant than anything but sometimes you have to get things off of your chest in order to move on to things that are actually important.
First in general the Democrats were sore winners. On the night of the election at my girlfriends apartment complex many people rushed out celebrating and they were quite obnoxious, some were using a lot of profanity, mainly towards Romney, but also towards anyone that requested they quiet down.
Also working at a restaurant I had multiple guests come and gloat, they were extremely ecstatic, and I cannot understand for the life of me why.
Hopefully if you are reading this you have already read my previous posts on politics and you understand that I am a rational but politically active but logical person.
Having friends across the political spectrum I am shocked by how deeply divided people still are over the election. I would expect that if Romney would have won it wouldn't be that big of a deal to most democrats, I mean both Romney and McCain are nearly democrats themselves, neither one are anything like Bush. Although Palin was abysmal and Ryan was %100 republican I still do not see the big deal. Granted Obama has been better than what I feared I still hate Obamacare, I still do not have insurance. And this whole gun situation is a little scary but more on that later.
I guess one of my biggest problems is that I still need a job, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier. The government has yet to help me help myself even though I have asked. and I made more money in 2010, even with going on vacation to Germany for 3(yes Three) months, than 2011 and 2012 combined but part of that might be due to my motorcycle accident.
So this was more of a rant than anything but sometimes you have to get things off of your chest in order to move on to things that are actually important.
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