Will you share with us a sample quote, thought, and poem? I drafted this page of thought and poem last night and this morning for a future LTTN, based on one of my above quotes.
Long Trips To Nowhere: Month 2 by Allan R. Wallace on Apple Books
This may see an edit prior to publication. I tried rewriting it and I'm glad I saved this original. The rewrite was terrible. Long Trips To Nowhere Grandeur "We are surrounded by easily perceived barriers limiting our achievement. Discover and acknowledge these boundaries, and then run through them.
Could it be that since you were a child you were taught limits instead of being taught opportunities? Run through the barriers, look around, and realize you can look the rest of your life and still not understand all. That's a good thing! You and your mind are now free. This way lies peace. A world without walls, where options increase. You will never learn it all, so go at your own pace and take any desired detours. Knowing you'll never fully understand, let go. Decide yourself when and what to explore.
Oh to be a scholar rather than an academic. To allow curiosity and imagination to guide rather than narrowly segmented knowledge confine. A new day awaits your dawn's dismantling of ephemeral walls. If you think about it, life is not a tool that needs to be daily sharpened and applied in specific measured steps.
Life is a gift from God. Perhaps a toy or sports equipment that can be enjoyed, with a future spent in gaining mastery of the sport of living well. Live a life abundant! The tool of life is an addiction. A steady job, dependent on others, led about by manipulated desires planted by the greedy. Let it go, grab the toy. Your feet want to wander.
Your mind longs to wonder. Your life needs the grandeur. Far beyond these insubstantial walls. Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you? In third grade I read very little. I eagerly awaited each day so I could continue the adventure. By the end of the course I was an avid reader. Gulotti, a Russian expatriate, was later my junior high school teacher in civics.
He challenged me again and my reading interests broadened. I write now as my younger self once read; to be enthralled. Only later did I learn to first quickly read for pleasure, and then with great books, to re-read slowly and carefully while seeking deeper insights. To some my stories listed on the bottom of this page will seem on first read to be simplistic and poorly edited.
But no apologies; what I have written I have written — and finished. I have met a personal challenge, to write, finish, and publish twenty books; when I wish I can write twenty more, ever improving books. I suspect I will return to writing as my attitudes mature I am still less than years old and may then pointedly write to deeply engage readers of that second read. That will require a different mindset and far more interest in immersing myself in craft wisdoms and techniques.
If you are a literary critic you may want to wait for that day -- or today submerge yourself within the pleasures of horrified gloating at my lack of "properly trained and constrained" professionalism. An alternate path is to laugh today and enjoy the stories as they are told. Either way; savour life. What do you read for pleasure?
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Since writing regularly, I read less. Unless a fiction writer engulfs me in story I end up noticing the construction and story arc and lose interest. I usually have three or more books open, at least one of which is non-fiction.
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My habits vary, but recently I've read more finance, fantasy, and science fiction. Next year, who knows? When you're not writing, how do you spend your time? The easy answer is that I spend my time thinking about writing. I imagine though I spend more time trying to not think about writing.
It's at quiet times, walking along the beach, or daydreaming over lunch with friends when I get an idea that moves me. I try to write those ideas down quickly. If thoughts keep blowing about in my mind, words tend to pile up like autumn leaves. I then seek a quiet place to joyfully jump and kick through the drifts. What is your writing process? I want you to understand the context of my communications. It is not production. Much of what I write will best be understood when the dark age we are in reaches its final crescendo.
Doing right things in preparation for the right time is crucial. That process is more like crafting poetry than labouring over prose. I change words, spellings, dialects, sentence structures, influences, and leave out chunks of connective verbosity.
Freedom to express is more important than conforming. This irritates many, but it pleases me; The Artist. This may be a good place to start. Craft your own art according to your own tastes and by your own techniques. First and maybe forever. Most days I sit at the computer and start writing. Some days it's easy, others it feels forced. On days when it's not a pleasure I'll stop quickly and take a walk or a nap and try again later. Even when all is flowing, it's rare to write for more than a few hours. Perhaps my most productive periods are when I wake in the middle of the night with an idea and write well past dawn.
What book marketing techniques do you suggest? I have to agree with several authors, my favourite technique is to write more books. For myself, when I find an author who entertains, satisfies, or informs me I buy more of their books. As my list of satisfied readers lengthens I hope they will try more of my books. I'm excited by unlimited, book reading subscription services like Oyster and Scribd that allow a leisurely browse through my books and series to find those which capture attention.
I expect to read a lot of Smashwords author's works in just that manner. Do you have any advise for those considering self publishing? There are perhaps two billion people with access to the internet. Write a quality story and some may like and even pay for what you wrote. Enjoy the story telling. Your book will never be good until it is finished. Your book will never be perfect. Provide a powerful cover and description. Publish it in both e-book and print there is no cost to you with Smashwords, createspace, and others.
Distribute your art widely. Write your next, even better book or short story. You've written over twenty books, which one is your personal favorite and why? I guess my answer will vary based on how the question is asked. Which book is most entertaining, which has the most satisfying conclusion, which one might open a reader's mind the most?
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If I'm limited to one of my books, today I'll say it's Abacus Brief. That novel is act three of the Complicit Simplicity trilogy. It also reads fine separately. Abacus Brief is action. An abacus is an elegant calculating device, an amicus-brief is a document to present legal opinion before a court. Abacus Brief is an adventure. Abacus Brief has hidden hackers playing a cat and mouse game against a malevolent government fighting a civil war.
Abacus Brief is Romance. The location is set on a sultry Pacific island where a well trained hacker meets a surprising culture and a brilliant native activist. For our young hacksters their mental abacus sums to an opinion: Individual humans are more important than devouring bureaucracies, or the hacktivists own entwined lives. Abacus Brief was fun to write and as I've been told by some, fun to read Find out if maybe Abacus Brief was written for you. Read free samples by clicking on book covers below. Download the right format for your device and enjoy. There are too many hidden agends in our world.
Please unveil two of your major life goals we haven't discussed. The first is easy. I want to grow in my personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
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God is smarter than me, wiser than me, and he loves me more than I love myself. I'd be a fool to ignore his direction. Humans can study and research to understand the complicated; only God can understand and solve for complexity. I cherish my multifaceted interactions with the living God.
God gave us humans free choice, make your choices, change them as you learn. That is freedom, but with such freedom comes the responsibility to accept the consequences of your choices.
We were raised as part of a hive: Due to technology and personal choice you can now function as an individual. You can by your choice join with others while disowning those who use force and fraud to claim your life for themselves. Join your individual power with other powers wisely! I seek to help people find those amazing metamorphoses born of personal freedoms. What Is this NNP thing you've talked about? It was a fair measure, and therefore discarded in favor of the easier to manipulate GDP that declared government was part of production; this change allowed cheats like hiring more government agency employees, thus causing both officially stated employment and productivity to magically increase.
A lie, but useful for politicians and their captive economists looking toward elections. This metric a cool way to say 'measurement' used by modern, assumption based, paid or sponsored by government satraps, pseudo economist erudites -- see Nassim N. Taleb's excellent "Intellectual Yet Idiot". NNP would give a truer picture of national and hence world productivity, after the competing and draining government costs are removed. This initiative reflects what actually creates productivity and so enhances all our lives. You will know this idea has merit by the volume of screams generated from those who have an interest in maintaining a corruptible system of false valuations.
They will laugh, shout, and pout against this or your better ideas for sane, non-heuristic tools for economic measurements -- they prefer the malleable lies concocted and supported by manipulators of the citizenry. Don't just listen and read, use your mind. What else are you working on? We believe in building and lighting bonfires. We will let others add fuel and be silhouetted by the flames. They are welcome to the credit or blame for the illumination and creative destruction. That leaves us free to build the next important bonfire. Just two of the ways I may say goodbye in my letters, the first I got from my eldest son Phillip.
Love, blessings, and peace. The second is my honest request. Find your best in life -- then live it and expand it, pops Allan. Smashwords Interviews are created by the profiled author, publisher or reader. Syd's Story from the start of magics, battles, and wars. Encounter new civilizations and old evils In this first book of a new fantasy series by writer Allan R. Join Syd, a strong willed lad, as he crosses a deadly sharp edge toward manhood with his best friend Amos and his new teenage sister Beth.
Think Hardy Boys meet a young Lara Croft -- or feel deeper to sense as sword meets poison. Hacktivism, Speculative Fiction Stories.
Pirate moderne, les plus grands hackers resteront inconnus. Son pseudo le plus connu est l'Ombre D'Uruguay mais ici nous l'appellerons Bob. After four prior months of opening the mind It is time to switch from milk to meat Some of this will require extended chewing And some may be too tough to eat. No one will give you a free education without hidden agendas. Wisdom and understanding are enthusiastic pursuits rather than academic records. What you know and what you accomplish are becoming far more important than where you studied.
Dancers, hackers, and all people creative don't prosper in common schools. They need these tools and for society to get out of their way. Three Months of Daily Thought Provokers. Discover and live your personal calling. Your true life You will never discover If you hide on your bed Under a cover. You certainly won't agree with every quote, poem, or thought — but by maintaining an open mind each daily read will prove, again and again, your existing aptitude for harvesting wisdom from any source. You can do this. A third month of daily thought provokers. LTTN 3 features quick quotes, deeper thoughts, and imperfect poetry crafted to challenge your mind.
You will develop critical mental skills if you compare learned world views before deciding to enjoy, ignore, or unlearn a lifetime of indoctrination. More Daily Thought Provokers. A second month of quick quotes, deeper thoughts, and imperfect poetry. It does not matter if you start or finish your day with a challenging read -- LTTN 2 will help you stretch your own mind. May you find and live your best life. Daily Thought Provokers , First Month. Your true life you may never discover; if you hide on your bed, under a cover.
One section a day will get you through this book in a month -- quotes, deep thoughts, poetry and all. LTTN is a challenge. Some entries may intrigue, some anger, some cause nods of agreement, and still others will bring laughter. All will provoke thought and help open your mind to wonder.
Between tranquil insights from what could be an Uruguay travel guide; action and adventure explode. Our hero's a skilled hacker with a peculiar hobby. He drains financial assets of those who've become wealthy by destroying the future of others. It's a good hobby and pays well for the punishment he applies. A daughter of Pegasus, an Elf Princess, a centaur Wizard, a wise unicorn, an honest leprechaun, giants, dragons, trolls -- you know, the usual suspects.
Of course the whole story is true. Only the city of London is imaginary. Sure and you can trust me; would a high elf lie? Sparrow Swift Race by Allan R. Escaping Tyranny eXpat ePulps , Book What will combine his military prowess, his dark connections to political circles, with a life filled with lovely ladies and Joie de vivre? Escaping Tyranny eXpat ePulps , Book 9. Sparrow gets some help in this book from his old Sargent. Life is good for Sarge, he's found a new home -- then his adopted country is invaded and his village tainted.
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