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ANYBODY DIS BLACE NEM JORJ WASHEENTON? (12/17/07)

Posted on Dec 17, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 7, 2008

Some Founding Fathers: a perspective

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democracy; American Revolution; religion and government; slavery; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; political correctness; deism

American Politics (11/19/07)

Posted on Nov 18, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 12, 2008

A perspective on principles

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Political principles, results, and voters

Government, the Real World, and Politics: Part 2

Posted on Oct 14, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2008

Free Market Economics

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free market, market forces, economics, depressions, merchant marine, pork barrel, labor unions, Lake Carriers Association, hobos, railroad police, coal mining, Genghis Khan, history,

THE BASICS

Posted on Aug 17, 2007 | Last Updated Mar 19, 2008

The 2nd in the The War for the Woods: defining the issues

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forest ecology, forest politics, clearcutting, wilderness, wildlife, water, virgin forests, old-growth forests, biochemicals, biodiversity, forest fires, salvage logging, sanitation logging

BOOK FLOGGING

Posted on Feb 27, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

promoting and selling books

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writing, promoting and selling books, personal philosophy

HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE

Posted on Aug 20, 2007 | Last Updated Mar 19, 2008

The Third in The War for the Woods: a Trip Through Time

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forest history, forest policy, American history

WRITING 102 - Writing Science-Fiction and Fantasy

Some Basics
Posted on Aug 13, 2010 | Last Updated Aug 13, 2010

If you ignore everything else I say here, heed this: to develop the ability to write well, write. Write a LOT. Thinking about it isn't enough.

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writing, tips, authoring

CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE

Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010

Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction

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reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character

David Palter Reviews #1

Posted on Apr 6, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

some epic fantasy series compared

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Terry Goodkind, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling

The JÄRNHANN Saga

Posted on Sep 2, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 12, 2008

Skaldic poetry from an Apocalyptic Future

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Neoviking fun in Swedish and translation