Posted in Family, Fiction, Jansen Schmidt, tv, watching tv, weird, writing, tagged BritBox, channel surfing, crime shows, Disney+, infidelity, movie trailers, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Prime, television, television shows, TV apps, TV crime shows, TV series, TV subscriptions, watch TV on June 27, 2022| 8 Comments »
Channel surfing. I know you’ve all done it. Four thousand channels to choose from from sixty different apps but you still can’t find anything to watch on TV. So, you start watching trailers hoping to find a good movie or a new series to watch. Sometimes you spend a good hour just watching trailers trying to find something to watch and by the end of the night you haven’t watched anything.
(more…)Posted in authors, books, Disney, Fiction, friends, grammar, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, reading, success, travel, words, writers, writing, tagged #wpa, Appleton Wisconsin, authors, books, fire department, fire truck, motivational speakers, NYT best selling authors, police, police equipment, police gear, public speakers, Robert Dugoni, speakers, SWAT, traveling, Writers Police Academy, writing conferences, Youtube on June 20, 2022| 8 Comments »
The writers police academy was quite the adventure. Lots of hands-on stuff. Lots of great insider information. Lots of really nice people. Not so much sleep. But it was all worth it. The workshops were great, the food was good, the hotel was adequate, the location was perfect, the guest speakers were fabulous. One in particular touched me with his keynote address on Saturday night.
(more…)Posted in authors, books, Fiction, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, Mississippi, reading, travel, underwear, vacation, Vicksburg, writers, writing, tagged airplanes, airport scanners, airport security, airports, carry-on luggage, confiscated items, contraband, flying, luggage, manicure kits, scissors, security, smuggling, travel, TSA, Writers Police Academy, xray scanners on June 13, 2022| 14 Comments »
So, I think you know that I recently traveled to Appleton, Wisconsin to attend the Writer’s Police Academy. It was a blast!! Met some amazing people and learned some super cool stuff. Getting there was fine; 3 flights, 4 airports, no food, and 2 really quick trips to the restroom while running through airport concourses to my next flight. But all-in-all, not too bad. Coming home? Not so much.
Posted in authors, books, Fiction, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, reading, romance, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged bad grammar, books, editing, editors, errors in books, good advice, language, manuscript, mistakes, novel writing, novels, proper English, proper sentences, self-editing, self-publishing, sentences, writers, writing on April 11, 2022| 4 Comments »
In the past, I’ve stressed the importance of having a manuscript professionally edited before publishing it. In my opinion, that is the single-most important thing an author can do (and spend money on). Many a good story has been ruined because it was poorly edited. It doesn’t matter how well you can self-edit, you should never skip this step.
Posted in authors, books, cowboys, desert, deserts, Fiction, grammar, Jansen Schmidt, love, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, romance, short story, travel, words, writers, writing, tagged Arizona, author, authors, book writing, cattle rance, creativity, Flagstaff, ideas, novel writing, novels, settings, writing, writing process on February 7, 2022| 6 Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about my books or writing in general. Since I am a published author, I guess I should probably talk about my books on occasion, right? Today is that day. I thought I’d share with you some of my ideas and how my creative process works when I’m writing.
Posted in authors, blogging, Fiction, friends, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, resolutions, social media, words, writers, writing, tagged autocorrect, big words, browser, browsing history, computer hacking, cookies, Google, hacked, internet, internet research, Macgyver, paper clips, research, spyware, vocabulary, vocabulary words on November 15, 2021| 2 Comments »
Computers are so commonplace these days; everyone has one. A lot of folks have more than one. We’ve become a society so dependent on our computers that we often forget how to do things without the assistance of artificial intelligence. Like spelling. Most computers will either automatically correct your spelling or, at the very least, highlight misspelled words so that you can click on it and see how to fix it without even knowing how to fix it yourself. Lazy. Lazy is what that is.
(more…)Posted in Amazon.com, authors, blogging, Fiction, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged algorithms, authors, book marketing, bookbub, books, cyberspace, exposure, follow me button, follows, GoodReads, like button, likes, marketing, reading, social media, visibility, writers, writing on November 1, 2021| 4 Comments »
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Writing is hard. Anyone who’s tried it will attest to this. Putting the exact words on a page in the exact order they are meant to be in and incorporating the appropriate punctuation without changing tense or point of view may seem easy. But . . . it’s not. With practice it gets easier. Sometimes. I hope anyway. I’m going to keep doing it so I guess I’ll find out.
(more…)Posted in Amazon.com, authors, awards, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, Fiction, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, romance, words, writers, writing, tagged author interview, book distribution, book marketing, book stores, ebooks, librarians, libraries, new books, videos, Warren County-Vicksburg public library, Youtube on October 4, 2021| 10 Comments »
Most of you know that I am an author. One of the hardest parts about being an author is marketing and selling your books. Nobody tells you that when you start writing. As a newbie you focus on the mechanics of writing, proper English, not getting too bogged down with the minutia and keeping the story moving along. Designing the covers is the fun part. Editing is the tedious part. But selling and marking is the absolute hardest part.
(more…)Posted in authors, blooms, Family, Fiction, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, names, reading, short story, weird, words, writers, writing, tagged articles, catchy headlines, creativity, editing, editing mistakes, editors, headlines, mistakes, news, news story, newspapers, play on words, random on June 28, 2021| 11 Comments »
Have you ever read a headline and thought: “I really need to read this article?” Or have you read a headline and said to yourself: “Self, it’d be a waste of time to read any farther?” Headlines can make or break a story. Like back cover blurbs on a book, a headline has to grab attention and elicit feelings of wanting to know more.
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