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Gregory A. Kompes's Blog – August 2008 Archive (3)

This Week 190

I've been in need of some inspiration lately. It's the dog days of summer after all. So, we got in the car and headed to the Grand Canyon last weekend. The Hualapai Indians have opened their new Skybridge and we wanted to check it out. The views of the west end of the Grand Canyon are terrific. On a side note: Grand Canyon West is expensive ($20 to park, $30 per person to enter, $30 per person to walk on the Skybridge). $80 for a lovely view seems extreme to me. And, the waits are long for the… Continue

Added by Gregory A. Kompes on August 21, 2008 at 10:38am — No Comments

Going Live: A Rant on the Current State of Live Book Events

Geoff Herbach, author of the novel The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, spoke at a Henderson Writers’ Group (HWG) meeting here in Las Vegas this week on the topic of narrative choice. His novel, an epistolary collection of suicide letters, uses humor, anger, and personal exploration that develop into a character study of the disturbed T. Rimberg.



I find it fascinating to hear fiction authors discuss how and why they develop their books and characters. How much is them and how much is… Continue

Added by Gregory A. Kompes on August 19, 2008 at 9:56am — No Comments

Flip Your Cube

Living a Writerpreneur life can be overwhelming. Self-employed writers need to wear many hats. Of course, there’s the writing. That’s the core of our career. There’s also all the other actions that require attention: marketing, banking, goal setting, correspondence, reading, learning, and research. Plus there are those other important elements of family, recreation, and home life.



I used to stress “balance” in life. That each element got a little bit of time each day. I realized… Continue

Added by Gregory A. Kompes on August 12, 2008 at 9:50pm — No Comments

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