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Writing Fiction: From Start to Finish

Richard Friesen December 20, 2024 12:32 am December 20, 2024

The first story I ever wrote, well, without it being a school assignment anyway, was an epic fantasy series. I didn’t have small ambitions or…

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Overcoming the Trauma of Gym Class

Richard Friesen December 7, 2024 6:58 pm December 7, 2024

I’m a little bit of an unusual beast for a nerd writing science fiction and fantasy; I ran track and cross country in high school….

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Writing Fiction: Starting Out

Richard Friesen September 7, 2024 8:45 pm September 7, 2024

A while ago, I attended a reading/promotional event put on by a company that provides services for writers. They do editing, coaching, interior layout, etc….

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Writing Fiction: Time and Procrastination

Richard Friesen June 20, 2022 11:07 pm June 20, 2022

A while ago, I had finished my epic fantasy series and was ready to start the next story, a book called “Clinical Trials” in my…

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The Sacred Word

Richard Friesen January 29, 2022 8:13 pm January 29, 2022

I was a design student in college, way back in the stone age when designers and architects drew on paper. There was one professor who…

Life and People

The Left Hand of Diversity

Richard Friesen July 6, 2021 1:26 am July 6, 2021

The movie The Princess Bride has one of the best sword fights ever filmed. Inigo, the sword master, waits at the top of the cliff…

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Almost Happily Ever After

Richard Friesen February 12, 2018 5:40 am February 12, 2018

I finished the first run-through of my latest novel, The Gates of Heaven, the final novel in my epic fantasy series, The Dreaming King Saga….

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91,000-A pantser getting past writer's block

Richard Friesen July 1, 2017 6:17 pm July 1, 2017

I have found, over the last few years, that I am a seat-of-the-pants writer, a pantser, meaning I make the stories up as I go…

Life and PeopleWriting

Honeymoon--Free Short Fiction

Richard Friesen June 17, 2017 2:12 am June 17, 2017

After posting my last blog regarding my father and uncles singing four part harmony, I thought more family stories would be in order.  I wrote…

Life and PeopleMusic

Four Part Harmony

Richard Friesen June 8, 2017 2:26 am June 8, 2017

Last weekend I attended the memorial service for Ed Bryant. I saw a lot of old friends, grieved, laughed an enjoyed Ed. His childhood as…

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