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SWAT Sniper.

Adventurer.

Award-Winning Author of Epic Science Fiction.

The Hatchet Room:

Updates, ramblings, and other stuff most people won't read.

Five Star Reviews and Reality

04/13/2018

Authors need gushing five-star reviews of their hard work to validate them. Does this come as a surprise to anybody? I didn't think so. Receiving that sort of praise feels great - but is expecting it realistic? Okay, folks, buckle in because this one might sting. A good friend, SWAT teammate and fellow LEO was once instructing our team on tactics and our ability to get the mission done. He said something that stuck with me; a mantra that I carry with myself to this very day, in every
Writing is tough. Why bother?

11/23/2016

Writing is tough. So why do we bother? The answer will surely vary based on your perspective. The people I like to call "career authors" most likely write because they are passionate about their work. They probably also like to eat and have nice things. Outside of a career change - they have to do this madness. The rest of us don't. We don't even have a real reason for volunteering to make ourselves crazy 24/7 since our work doesn't actually pay the bills (yet ;). Our reasons are usually
Welcome to the Hatchet Room: Updates, ramblings, and other stuff most people won't read.

09/09/2016

The Hatchet Room: Updates, ramblings, and other stuff most people won't read. That's the name of the new blog. Why? I named it after reading that only 20% of people will continue reading the actual text of the blog after reading the title. 20%. I think that's generous. I'd be surprised if 5% of people who saw most postings actually clicked on it and than read it through. That got me thinking about something else. Why do people do it? Blogging, I mean. Here I am, still not dressed for the day,