December 3, 2024

One of my favorite workshops that I’ve attended this year was the in-person workshop Fight Scenes: From Practical to Tactical taught by Carla Hoch at the Author Nation conference in Las Vegas. She and her assistant demonstrated holds and kicks and other techniques, accompanied by explanations that will definitely help me write more realistic fight scenes.

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November 24, 2024

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this has been the Year of Learning for me. I honestly thought that this was done after the Author Nation conference earlier this month. But noooo… I signed up for two more conferences. Both digital. (In case you’re counting, that makes four conferences from October 1 – mid-December.) The first one has

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November 19, 2024

I recently returned from the Author Nation conference that was held in Las Vegas. The conference was amazing. Lots of useful and inspirational content, plus fantastic conversations with creative, smart, intellectually curious people. Las Vegas was…not my cup of tea.  On the plus side, the conference hotel was a short ride from the airport and there were

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November 18, 2024

The November 2024 edition of my KierDevils newsletter went out on Thursday, November 7th. Enjoy! If you’re a subscriber and don’t see it in your Inbox, please check your Spam or Junk folder. For Gmail users, it might also be on your Promotions tab. If my emails are consistently ending up in your spam or junk mail, you

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November 3, 2024

So, here in the US, we just set our clocks back an hour due to the end of Daylight Savings Time. It’s always a bit depressing to have the sun set so early in the day.  On the other hand, I enjoy seeing the sun come up earlier. What about you? Are you a fan of Daylight Savings

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