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Developing characters for 69mAD project using Scrivener software with a little Photoshop work on the Queen.

It's War Time

Sitting in Starbucks, drinking some coffee, planning the demise of the world, creating a world run by a feudal government to be taken down by one the many rising factions. Now I'm off to rage war. — at Starbucks.

Looking In Aah...

While I am working on some of my research for 69mAD story line I needed a map of the world for reference. I stumbled upon this image thanks to Google. When I look at it, I am just amazed how much greens, whites, and blues are there. Please click to enlarge photo, you will be glad that you did.

What are you reading?

Share what you are reading right now and what do you think about it.

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The importance of reading and writing novels

Take a moment and watch these readers reactions to a novel they have read or in the process of reading.

So what is the big deal about reading a novel anyway or even a harder question, am I crazy enough to write a novel?

Which bring up one last question; What is in it for me? For most people this is the big bottom line.

These are valid questions that we all subconsciously ask ourselves daily as readers. We are constantly bombarded by other types of media bidding for our time; whether it is in the form of an email, text message, blogs, social media, online news, etc, and while I am typing this; people in silicon valley are figuring out new ways to keep this sentence growing. So I will stop here.

What it boils down to is three things: Reading give us new insights of ourselves, possibly a better understanding of our world, and if we are lucky; take that information to better our future choices.

So, is fiction really that important? I would have to argue - yes!

Humanities give us the luxury to explore how we think, reason, and how to ask questions. This in turn adds to our awareness, we learn different sets of values, which give us a means to imagine a future.

In the mind, fiction or not, it is all the same experience. Just that in fiction you get to put yourself in someone else's shoes and gain the experience.

And yes, it is a crazy idea to become an author. But what you gain is more than an experience of a lifetime can hold.

So go experience the excitement readers are having in the video sample from up above for yourself by getting a good novel or book on a subject that you like, or push yourself into something new.

What most people don't understand, it's an investment that bares interest in one's own self that grows exponentially.

Why Scrivener is the best writing software out there

I like to share with you the software that I use for writing. The main reason why I use Scrivener, it keeps me organized. All of my content is easily accessible just a few clicks away. Another it is very affordable $40.00 for both PC and Mac users. So if you every wanted to write a story and get it published Scrivener also help you create e-pub files for self publishing if you so desire. And the list keeps going on and on. For me its the best $40.00 I've spent in a long time.

Below is a video introduction:

Other videos to get you up and running quickly can be found of the

Scrivener's web site and

also on YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/davidmj13/videos.

Michael Hayatt also offers five good reasons to switch to Scrivener on his blog. If you choose to purchase Scrivener, he has a promo code to save 20%, which hopefully still works.

http://michaelhyatt.com/switched-to-scrivener.html

But don't take my word for it. Scrivener lets you download a free trial for 30 days. So give a spin and kick its fictional tires. From my experience you be glad you did.

https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php