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Homestead House Build Part 2 - Amish Style
Its now Thanksgiving week... And shopping this time of year can be vexing, we found ourselves in a crunch to get our wood-fired stove ready for…
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Robert C. Worstell
[Pro Writer] Max Brand: Dan Barry's Daughter - Dissection 06
We're continuing to study Brand's perennial-selling classic, discovering how he wrote a novel in just six weeks, averaging a little over 2K words a day…
Re-Learning to Write Books that Sell
After writing some 166 short stories over three years, that published fiction income gave no improvement I could live on. I saw I had to upgrade my…
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Robert C. Worstell
[New Voices] The Wild Calls
When your dreams of talking animals enter the "real" world - solving the danger they bring may save your own life, too...
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Robert C. Worstell
Homestead House Build - Amish Style
The cows have behaved themselves and a solid week of working "can-see to can't see" is resulting in our new home being built by Amish craftsmen.
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Robert C. Worstell

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[Pro Writer] Max Brand: Dan Barry's Daughter - Dissection 05
We're continuing to study Brand's perennial-selling classic, discovering how he wrote a novel in just six weeks, averaging a little over 2K words a day…
Building A Novel From Earlier Short Stories - Part 2
When the muse nags you, it won't go away until you do something drastic. Like reincarnating it into the world - in a new form. Here's a way to do this…
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Robert C. Worstell
[New Voices] Voices
Are our dogs smarter than we are about our own love life?
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Final Crunch Time - Escaping Cows and Last Work on Homestead Foundation
We're through a cold spell and looking forward to better working weather. A few cows have developed a nasty habit of escaping. So my work tears me two…
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Robert C. Worstell
[Pro Writer] Max Brand: Dan Barry's Daughter - Dissection 04
We're continuing to study Brand's perennial-selling classic, discovering how he wrote a novel in just six weeks, averaging a little over 2K words a day…
[Pro Writer] Solving the Dismal Middle in Your Serial-Novel
Now an ongoing series about crafting your serialized novel. This week, we take up the point where most authors shelve their story - right in the…
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Robert C. Worstell
[New Voices] Max Says No
Everything on the farm changed that day. It all started with Max.
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Against Time and Weather - The Race to Get Everything Done
Time pauses for no man, has the saying. And it brings more inclement weather to work in. Yet the farm chores continue and the homestead build as well...
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Robert C. Worstell
[Pro Writer] Max Brand: Dan Barry's Daughter - Dissection 03
We're continuing to study Brand's perennial-selling classic, discovering how he wrote a novel in just six weeks, averaging a little over 2K words a…
[Pro Writing] Building a Perennial-Selling Novel: The Story Question
Perennial-Selling books do just that - keep on selling regardless. Because they are written that well. So readers then continue to recommend them. The…
[New Voices] Cats Typing Romance
When the household sleeps, felines shape their writing careers...
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Fall Turning to Winter, Homestead Progress Becomes a Race. Getting Everything Done?
Now it's averaging 20 degrees colder. But daily work this last month gets the homestead further along. Have to work smarter, not harder. My two guard…
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