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Life Changes

Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2016 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year? I didn’t. I resolved last year to never do that again. It puts too much pressure on a person to make New Year’s resolutions and stick to them. That’s why there…

Tagged with: Changes, decision, fact, failure, food, goal, goals, life, method, periods, person, strategy, Weight Watchers
Posted in General Opinion

Daydreams as a tool

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

My writing process involves playing scenes in my head as daydreams. I use daydreaming to play out possible scenarios in my head to try to work out the most likely outcomes. It’s like running a simulation only the simulation is…

Tagged with: attention, characters, decision, events, fiction, judgment, outcome, outcomes, problems, publication, results, scenarios, simulation, simulations, solution
Posted in General Opinion

Letting go

Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I had to let go of some fear when I published my first novel, Accidental Colony. It did rather well, I think, for a first book that had no promotion for it. In case you didn’t know, it’s available as…

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Posted in General Opinion

Research Journals

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

If you are working on a long-term project and need to do research on it, it’s a good idea to have a research journal. That’s a journal where you record where you searched, what you looked for, and what you…

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Posted in Family History, Hobbies

Flow charts and writing

Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2013 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I use a flow chart to plot my stories. I start with the beginning and give my characters a series of decisions. Then I try to figure out how many different results could come from each decision. The ones that…

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Posted in Writing Techniques

Drunk Driving

Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2013 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I read a news article that a police officer killed two people while driving drunk. You would have thought he would have had more sense. Of course, the first thing to go when you get drunk is common sense. Some…

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Posted in General Opinion

Journaling

Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

My journal is not a report of day-to-day activities. It could be, but it isn’t. no, my journal is free writing. That’s the writing exercise where you sit down and just write what comes into your head and put it…

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The Past, The Present and The Future

Posted on Sunday, December 16, 2012 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I forgot my vitamins yesterday. I’ll live; it’s just that I failed to plan for that. It’s not even bad news, just more of an ‘oops’ kind of news. Oh well, yesterday is finished and there is little I can…