Hey everyone. If you are in Lethbridge this coming weekend give some thought to coming by the Lethbridge Comic Con. I will be there with books and my ever friendly smile. 🙂 Please stop in and say, “hello”. I would love to see you. http://www.lethbridgecomiccon.com
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Stay the Course
When I look at everything I’ve done to get published, I realize that, while my efforts as a whole have been important, one thing has stood out as the make or break characteristic for me – persistence. I say that because I’ve had my fair share of disappointment as a writer. I have submitted and been rejected over and over again. I have been told a story will be accepted once I make the requested edits only to be turned down. There have been days when I wonder why I subject myself to the roller coaster ride that is trying to get my stories published. Naturally, I questioned whether my work was actually good enough to see print; that seems […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 138 – Paul E Cooley Publishes “The Black”
After a very busy summer it’s great to be back recording Get Published. Things with the show haven’t changed much since episode 137. The intro & outro music is different and I’m adjusting the format a little, but I hope to still provide you with the same great information from writers, publishers, editors and other writing related professionals. A few things have happened since episode 137. The biggest is I released Mik Murdoch: The Power Within. Reviews of the new book have been very positive and I am already working on Mik Murdoch 3 for planned 2015 release. On today’s show, I bring back an old friend of the show who had news of his own. Paul E Cooley has […]
Read moreNo Disassemble!
For some reason, the movie Short Circuit popped into my head this morning. It got me to thinking about context. As in, so much of the way we learn is by getting things in the proper (or improper) context. For example, as babies, we learn words by associating the word to the thing. It could be food, like a banana, or a cat or the sun or whatever. We learn the word through that contextual association. How different it was for Number 5 to learn about the world through television. Some things didn’t make sense, at least in how Number 5 imitated them and others did. How crushing a bug made disassemble equate to death. How often do you have […]
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