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Jun.20.2011
I’ve written blogs previously on sex – for example see here. These articles have covered the topic of how to construct a sex scene. What is enough sex? What is not enough sex? Generally the focus is how to construct a sex scene.
However, that begs the question of should you have sex, in your...
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May.21.2011
I get bored rather easily. Always have, probably always will.
As a result of my boredom, cooking and all things food caught my attention some years ago. This interest follows me to this day. I’m as excited about reading a cookbook as I am one of my favorite fiction authors.
Truth be told, I’m...
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May.03.2011
I just got back from vacation, which is why I haven’t posted in a while. Quite wonderful, well except for the day one of the canines decided he wasn’t getting enough attention and had to go to the vet. After a 45-minute drive and an eye-popping bill for an upset stomach, I spent the drive back to...
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May.03.2011
I just got back from vacation, which is why I haven’t posted in a while. Quite wonderful, well except for the day one of the canines decided he wasn’t getting enough attention and had to go to the vet. After a 45-minute drive and an eye-popping bill for an upset stomach, I spent the drive back to...
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Apr.01.2011
These days thoughts of marketing are a near constant. My motto has become “Do more today because what you did yesterday wasn’t enough.” I’m always trying new thing, but recently I’ve been focusing on some old school methods.
It is largely accepted our society is such that technology literally...
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Mar.28.2011
I’ve been on Twitter a couple of months. It started like this.
Day 1 - no idea at all what to do or how to go about doing it.
Hashtags? DM’s. Lists. On and on with the lingo.
Days 2 – 9 - I waited and watched and still absolutely nothing happened. My mother told me a watched pot never boils so I...
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Mar.21.2011
Writing can be a minefield.
A minefield that can hit you square in the checkbook in more than one way.
I’m not talking about editing mistakes, character flaws or even plot inconsistencies. I’m talking legal problems that can arise from your writing – and it may not always be from the words on...
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Mar.19.2011
As I look around my office the argument could be made I’ve robbed a bookstore or at least was about to open one. There are all descriptions of books literally cascading from the shelves. The Nook has started storing the overflow.
These books range from novella to epic novel and all...
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Mar.15.2011
“But why is the Rum gone?”
Or so said Johnny Depp in one of his pirate movies. I’m certain, for his character in any event, the rum was his muse or at a minimum his motivation.
However, the Bacardi I‘m talking about is not actually a distilled spirit, but you could call this Bacardi a muse. ...
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Mar.11.2011
I haven’t done a review in a couple of weeks but had a great experience this week I thought would be great fodder for a review. Particularly given that on Fridays I try to do entries designed to give writers some tools, or at least thoughts, to help with some aspect of their writing.
I also like...
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Mar.07.2011
News flash! Writing a book is just the first step of the process. How’s that for obvious?
Make no mistake, it’s a huge first step, but the first never the less. The real task is how to spread the word to the masses.
So what do you do?
Simple question.
Simple answer.
The easiest way to sell...
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Mar.04.2011
I love music. I’ve been a guitar player for years.
I love to write. I’ve been a writer for almost as long as I’ve been a guitar player.
I always thought I’d have a CD/album/whatever you want to call it out before I ever even thought about publishing a book, but things don’t always turn out the...
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Mar.01.2011
Since I’ve been kicking around in the blogging world, trying to spread the word about my debut novel, The Trust. I have been amazed at the people I’ve met who have been amazingly great about helping a new author like myself along. Since I spend so much time trying to promote myself, I thought I’d...
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Feb.28.2011
We’re little more than a month out from the publishing of The Trust and I’m starting to realize I have a lot to learn about book promotion.
What I have learned can be boiled down to one word.
Presence.
Of course reducing any idea to a single word means using an approach similar to that of a chef...
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Feb.25.2011
Come Visit my Little Corner of Cyberspace
I went to sleep on January 20, 2011 to little fanfare. I was at a conference staying in a nice hotel on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Oddly enough there was talk of snow for the weekend. I awoke on the morning of Friday, January 21, 2011 and...
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About sean
I'm Sean Keefer. I live and write in Charleston, South Carolina. It also happens that I was born and raised in the Carolinas. Oh and all of the formal education - High School, College, Graduate School and, yes, even Law School, happened, for better or worse...
Causes sean keefer Supports
I support the Charleston Animal Society, Pet Helpers of Charleston and the Lowcountry Food Bank. See seankeefer.com for links.