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Book Review - Graphic Designer's Essential Reference
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This book can be found here on Goodreads and here on Amazon
This book features the following topics/genres – Graphic design, visual elements, techniques and layout strategies
Publisher’s release date: November 1, 2011
Introduction – Who is this book for?
This book is a non-fiction reference book for Graphic Designers. That is relatively straightforward from the moment you…
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Book Review - The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Issues 1-8)
Book Review – The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Issues 1-8)
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This book can be found here on Goodreads and here on Amazon
This book features the following topics/genres – Graphic Novel/Fantasy/Horror
Publisher’s release date: Original date January – August 1989 and reprinted and recoloured 19 October 2019 (Amazon)
It’s not often that you feel like you are seeing something miraculous for the first time when you read something.…
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Book Review - Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
Book Review – Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
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This book can be found here on Goodreads and here on Amazon
The book was provided as an ARC via Netgalley for an honest review
This book features the following topics/genres – Technological Thriller
Publisher’s release date: 30 January 2021 (Amazon)
Effacement focuses on a topic that is often at the top of discussions on privacy and internet security. What happens when we…
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Book Review - The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding
Book Review – The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding
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This book can be found here on Goodreads and here on Amazon
The book was provided as an ARC via Netgalley for an honest review
This book features the following topics/genres – Thriller/Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Publisher’s release date: 28 July 2021
You know when you see those TV shows or movies where someone is walking through a random house, and there are photos of…
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Follow Your Instincts When It Comes to Who You Write For
Follow Your Instincts When It Comes to Who You Write For
Hello, my fellow readers and writers! It has been a while since I updated my progress on this blog, but many things have happened in three weeks. In fact, it feels like it has been a lot longer since I updated my goals and discussed writing progress.
So I will move away from Medium for this post because this was about a recent experience I had when I applied to write for a media outlet I will…
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Quick Question for My Readers!
Quick Question for My Readers!
Hi all! I was just sitting down to write for the day when I looked at a previous draft I created for Medium. And I pondered whether or not my articles would find a readership here.
Medium is a very different place to WordPress and not just from an aesthetic point of view either. Blogging is not at all the same as writing an article for Medium. Medium is a lot more competitive, and its audience…
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Writing Update #15 - Part II Being Published and Curated on Medium
Writing Update #15 – Part II Being Published and Curated on Medium
As promised, here is the second part of my update on writing for Medium and applying to write for one of their biggest publications. So, I went back to Medium and became a medium subscriber (which means you can participate in the Medium Partner Program to be eligible to earn money from what you write). It’s five bucks a month, but I think it’s going to be worth it. It isn’t worth it yet because…
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Writing Update #14 Part I -Back in the Medium Saddle?
Writing Update #14 Part I -Back in the Medium Saddle?
Hello fellow writers and readers! I know it has been a while since I updated you all on my writing progress. It has been a little more challenging than expected.
Dipping my toes into Medium’s pool for a second time has been interesting.
I mentioned going back to Medium in a previous post. This has been both a positive and negative experience for me so far. It’s positive because I’ve learned how…
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Writing Update #13 - Some Writing-Related News
Writing Update #13 – Some Writing-Related News
Hello fellow writers and readers, on this sunny yet overcast day in Aotearoa (this is the recognised name for New Zealand by its native people called “Tangata Whenua” in Māori, which means “People of the Land”). For anyone that is wondering, I am part Māori on my father’s side.
Now onto my update. As my post suggests, I have some news. I look upon all news as good news even when it might be…
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Writing Update #12 - Quick Goal Update
Writing Update #12 – Quick Goal Update
Hello fellow writers and readers! I hope you are having a safe and creative weekend. Just a quick update on my side of things regarding the goals I set myself a couple months back. It is time for a recap on those goals:
The revised list looked something like this
Complete Joe Bunting’s How to Write a Book/Story Structure courseContinue writing the Tales of the West series with my new book and…
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Writing Update #11 - So many steps closer but still so far away...
Writing Update #11 – So many steps closer but still so far away…
Hello fellow writers and readers! Let me start off by saying my week was hellish, and I am glad it is almost over. Does that mean that my writing suffered? Yes and no. I actually made quite a lot of progress on the reviews piling up for me to write. And one particular review was almost the death of me. I just couldn’t put my thoughts about it into words. I felt completely and utterly tongue-tied.…
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Writing Update #10 - I Think I Found the Writing Competition I Want to Enter
Writing Update #10 – I Think I Found the Writing Competition I Want to Enter
Hello fellow writers and readers! I hope you have all had a nice start to your weekend, and you have lots of writing projects to keep you busy.
I’d like to say that I think I’ve found the writing competition I want to enter. It’s a Vocal competition where the best article can win USD 10,000.00. Obviously, having a monetary reward is great motivation, but that’s not even in my scope. If we go…
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A Writer's Thoughts - Why Timing When You Write is Important.
A Writer’s Thoughts – Why Timing When You Write is Important.
Hello, my fellow writers and readers! I hope you are all having a safe and industrious writing day (or night).
Firstly, I’d just like to quickly thank all my new readers as I have had a few over the last week! Thank you for joining me on my writing journey and for giving me your time. And while I am there, I’d like to also thank my current readers who stick with me while I navigate the ups and…
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Writing Update #9 - Vocal Approved!
Writing Update #9 – Vocal Approved!
Hello fellow writers and readers!
Yesterday I posted about writing for Vocal and waiting for my first article to get approved for publishing. Well, it was approved this morning, so I am quite happy about that. I don’t know whether or not Vocal has a “curation” process like they do for Medium, but I’m going to keep writing as much as time will allow. I feel a lot better about Vocal being home for…
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Writing Update #8 - Quick Writing Update
Writing Update #8 – Quick Writing Update
Hello fellow writers and readers!
Just a quick writing update for now. I have finally written my first article for Vocal so I am awaiting an update from the editors. I submitted it to the “Geeks” community so we’ll see how things go. I feel more at home in this place than I did at Medium. Not too sure why that is, but we’ll see how the process works out and whether or not I can stay here and…
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Writing Update #7 - Interesting Decisions
Writing Update #7 – Interesting Decisions
Hello fellow writers and readers! I hope you are all keeping safe out there and writing up a storm!
Today I made a huge decision to remove my short stories from my blog. The reason for this is I’ve been reading about publishing, and some publishers won’t consider your work if you’ve published it online. They apparently consider that as “published”, even if it’s on your own blog.
I also decided…
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Writing Update #6 - Revised Goals
Writing Update #6 – Revised Goals
Hello fellow writers and readers! I hope you are enjoying your day or night so far and thank you for visiting my blog.
So this fine Saturday afternoon I have a few writing-related topics to discuss that connects to the goals I set myself more than a month ago.
I guess some people might think that revising one’s goals is cheating. But I think it’s just as important to be able to have flexibility…
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