Dawn

There’s only one way to know performance, and that is to measure it. Sound lame? Well, there are those who say what happens outside doesn’t matter, that what’s inside is what counts. Unfortunately that’s untrue – as a writer you have to have a platform or you’re basically fecked. I don’t want to be fecked.  I’ve been fecked for far too long.

So I have decided to make some changes – course corrections actually. At least that’s what I’m hoping. The first one being that I’ve added a new category to my blog called “Writing Help” and added several older posts that were inspirational or helpful. Over time I’ll be adding more.

Up to now I’ve refrained from doing much in that direction because, quite frankly, as an unpublished author I’m hardly qualified to tell others how to get published. But it occurred to me that I do have one quality that may be useful to others. Through it all I’m still pounding away trying. I haven’t quit. I have good days, bad days and many worse days where I never, ever want to be, but still the story smolders, calling me back, beckoning me to try once again to grow the ember into the inferno I know it will be.

It’s all about platform, baby, and I think I might finally have mine. 😉

About Author Richard P. Nixon

Fled Libya in wake of '67 Six Day War. "Uncle Mo" eventually seized power - two years later on my birthday. Grew up mostly American, with some "old world" quirks. Have been writing since around 1994, but didn't really start writing until 2008. Between 1976 and 1983 spent my time between boarding school (Ireland, Northern Ireland and England) and Alaska (until 1978) and then Saudi Arabia. Came back to the States in '83 and have been in Arizona since '95. Have a nice day. ;)
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