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Okay Freepers, you are a magnificent resource to draw upon. I'm hoping that among you are some who have already broken the ground I now seek to tread, and maybe you can give me some advice. Perhaps even tell me if I'm doing something wrong and could change up my approach.A lot of people have told me over the years that they wanted me to write my life story. It took ten years of on and off labor (and there came to be even more things to write about in that time) but in the end this past November I...

Last year a veteran journalist told me I was never going to make any money, until I switched from writing articles to authoring books. So, I bought a "book-book": How to Become a Successful Writer, and Enjoy the Love of Beautiful Men, Women, and Transgenders. How to Become is one of those cute books with each page broken up into bite-sized chunks of text, graphics, and lots of gray boxes with "Clues You Can Use," like "It is important to polish your writing skills as a writer." You know, the kind of book for people who don't like to...

High Plains Writers: The Conservative Arts Renaissance We're a possee of lone ranger writers planning a book tour across the fruited plains. We've taken our fate in our own hands and become a literary agency, a publisher, a news portal devoted to the rising renaissance, and enforcers of higher literary aesthetics. Whether you're a writer, agent, editor, screenwriter, or artist interested in furthering the new classicism, there're lots of ways to ride with us. And all ye who join should know that I, Ranger West, don't mind the bullets of postmodern cynicism from snarky snipers, as I'm a ghost. So...