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Honor Creativity by Doing the Work
Artists need to honor creativity by doing the work. In other words, stop saying you'll write a book. Sit your butt down and write it.

Rich Scott Keller
May 16, 20244 min read


Memoir of a Memoir: Cringe Writing
How's writing my memoir going, you ask? Well, I can sum everything up in one word: Oofa! It's a lot of cringe mixed with proper punctuation.
rkchakota
May 9, 20243 min read


Publishing 100b: Self-Publishing
Self-publishing isn't a new concept developed by Amazon. However, they took it to the next level and set the stage for a revolution.

Rich Scott Keller
Apr 25, 20243 min read


Publishing 100a: Traditional Presses
In Publishing 100a, we look at traditional presses. What are they, how do they work, and how do you get work book published with them.

Rich Scott Keller
Apr 18, 20244 min read


Publishing 100: The Publishing Models
There are four publishing methods in today's writing world. We delve into the traditional, independent, hybrid, and vanity versions.

Rich Scott Keller
Apr 5, 20243 min read


A Conversation With My Brain
Whilst waiting for my bagel with lox spread at the local bagel joint, I let my brain know we needed to talk.

Rich Scott Keller
Mar 28, 20243 min read


#WriteDecision Blog -- One Year On
On March 19, 2023, I reintroduced blogging into my life. A year later, the #WriteDecisions blog is generally hunky dory.

Rich Scott Keller
Mar 22, 20242 min read


Three Ways Zombies and Writers Are Similar
If writers could sit zombie down for some tea and raw flesh, they'd find a great deal in common with animated corpses.

Rich Scott Keller
Mar 1, 20243 min read


Disavow Your Writing Disbelief
"All things are possible for one who believes," Jesus says. it's a small lesson in believing in your power to change things.

Rich Scott Keller
Feb 23, 20242 min read


Writer's Block Is Bull Feces
There's no such thing as writer's block. Now, let's move to the next subject: Publisher's Clearing House is a front for the Illuminati.

Rich Scott Keller
Feb 15, 20243 min read


Adventures in Unemployment
It's the waiting that gets to you.
Waiting for job applications, LOIs, and unemployment payments.

Rich Scott Keller
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Portrait Of A Young Man at 55
In the end, I think reaching the double nickel is more important than hitting the big 5-0. Some of them are discussed in today's article.

Rich Scott Keller
Jan 19, 20243 min read


Compassionate Authoring
There are few communities out there more close-knit than that of writers. We support each other throughout the writing process.

Rich Scott Keller
Jan 4, 20243 min read


Three Words for 2024: Pivot, Transition, Fearless
I'm incorporating three critical, life-saving words into my vocabulary. Those three words are Pivot, Transition, and Fearless.
rkchakota
Dec 30, 20234 min read


5 Things To Do When the Job Ends
To help you through the transition between one job and another, when money may not be coming in, here are 5 things to do.

Rich Scott Keller
Dec 15, 20234 min read


Support Your Local Authors
On average, nearly four million books are released annually. At least three million come from local authors.

Rich Scott Keller
Dec 7, 20232 min read


NaNoWriMo 2023: Week Four
21,140 is a respectable total of words written. Truth be told, it's the biggest amount created on digital parchment in a while.

Rich Scott Keller
Dec 1, 20233 min read


NaNoWriMo 2023: Week Three
A total of 15,046 words, which is a significant jump. I'd like to thank the typing class I took in my sophomore year of high school.

Rich Scott Keller
Nov 25, 20231 min read


NaNoWriMo 2023: Week Two
8,164 words. I should be at 25,000 in the challenge. The thing is, I have to take the kids to school, ensure I smell okay.

Rich Scott Keller
Nov 16, 20232 min read


NaNoWriMo 2023: Week One
Over five thousand words were written in the first week of NaNoWriMo 2023. Although it should be 11,700 words, I'm not worried.

Rich Scott Keller
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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