Furry Logic
Did you know that sea turtles can detect magnetic fields with such precision that they can steer themselves back to their beach of birth...
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kevinholochwostaut
Nov 52 min read
Physician, Heal… Someone else.
Most of us have heard the phrase physician, heal thyself. When it comes to editing and writing, people will say, “Work on your own book,...
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kevinholochwostaut
Oct 233 min read
It’s Just Cancer
I want to talk to you today about an exceptional man. I don’t know him; I don’t know how much truth there is behind his words or how much...
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kevinholochwostaut
Oct 202 min read
One In a Million
“You’re one in a million.” We all know the phrase. Technically speaking, we are all one in a million. No one else has ever walked your...
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kevinholochwostaut
Oct 141 min read
Everything
Everything that we take for granted today was someone else’s dream yesterday. Plumbing. Electricity. Internet. Cars. Lattes. Indoor...
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kevinholochwostaut
Oct 122 min read
Under Attack!
My story is under attack. My story is being broken. They hate it. They hate me. Nobody understands what I am trying to create. Why don’t...
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kevinholochwostaut
Oct 32 min read
Unfortunate Truth
It is an unfortunate truth that, very often, we are the worst to the people who love us best. Our boss at work is rude or condescending;...
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kevinholochwostaut
Sep 282 min read
Take Your Time
There is something convenient about the pace of gardening. There is always work to do, but most of it is rarely urgent. Sure, there are...
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kevinholochwostaut
Sep 251 min read
Finding Focus...
Work is getting to me. I feel unappreciated and irrelevant. My friends don’t seem to particularly care about any of my thoughts, my...
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kevinholochwostaut
Sep 171 min read
Ride It Out
Gardening can teach us what is within and beyond our control. You can water during a drought, dig trenches in a deluge, and cut away the...
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kevinholochwostaut
Sep 162 min read
Taking Stock
I have said in the past that I don’t believe in "New Year’s resolutions." They are forced and timed in a way that sets most of us up for...
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kevinholochwostaut
Aug 251 min read
One Garden
Life life like a garden you get to tend once
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kevinholochwostaut
Aug 132 min read
Book Review: Black Sun Rising, by C.S. Friedman
I recently reread this book, the first in the Coldfire series, and a long-standing favorite of mine. Now clocking in at about 35 years...
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kevinholochwostaut
Aug 84 min read
Editing 104: Why to Consider Architectural Editing
After the last post, a question was posed: why should we consider doing it this way? Today, I want to spend some time answering that...
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kevinholochwostaut
Aug 72 min read
Find Your Metaphorical Garden
I want to introduce a new series on this site, which will be about your metaphorical garden and my literal one. Sort of. I don’t mean I...
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kevinholochwostaut
Aug 13 min read
Editing 103: The First Passes
You finished a draft of your novel. Congratulations are in order! Let’s talk about the next steps. Whenever you choose to edit, remember...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jul 302 min read
Bibliotherapy part 3: The Children
Children are stressed. In interviews with adolescents and children at remarkably young ages, they are self-reporting depression, sadness,...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jul 253 min read
Editing 102: When to Edit?
When should you edit your work? Much like how you should write your book, there is no right answer. There are many options, and you need...
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