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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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Oct 23, 20243 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Everything
Everything that we take for granted today was someone else’s dream yesterday. Plumbing. Electricity. Internet. Cars. Lattes. Indoor...
kevinholochwostaut
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Oct 12, 20242 min read
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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;...
kevinholochwostaut
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Sep 28, 20242 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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One Garden
Life life like a garden you get to tend once
kevinholochwostaut
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Aug 8, 20244 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Aug 1, 20243 min read
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Bibliotherapy part 3: The Children
Children are stressed. In interviews with adolescents and children at remarkably young ages, they are self-reporting depression, sadness,...
kevinholochwostaut
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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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...
kevinholochwostaut
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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Read Locally
I am recently back from a work trip and short vacation in the same area, and I am reminded once again of the statement I decided on...
kevinholochwostaut
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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When Nobody Believes
You have exercised every day for a month, but you barely lose one pound. You lift every day for three months and can barely add a pound...
kevinholochwostaut
Jun 22, 20241 min read
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Editing 101: Part I
It has taken me two years of concerted effort, reading several books, listening to many podcasts, and writing multiple novels and short...
kevinholochwostaut
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Don't Outsource Your Knowledge
This morning an ad on YouTube mentioned that I could have an AI assistant to help tie together all my known financial inputs and outputs...
kevinholochwostaut
Jun 19, 20244 min read
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