Observations from Killer Nashville
Just got back the other day from a long weekend in Nashville, Tennessee with Jean Rabe (my mentor and co-author of The Love-Haight Case...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Jan 15, 2015
- 5 min
Why Writers Write
Writers write for all sorts of reasons, but the general public always seems to want to create a simple dichotomy between writers who...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Nov 18, 2014
- 5 min
Sometimes Someone's Gots to Die: Killing Off Fictional Characters
In the midst of my Kickstarter campaign for Frame Shop, Gail Martin offered to let me do a guest blog post on Killing Off Fictional...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Oct 19, 2014
- 4 min
Writing Characters to Fit the Plot
During the Kickstarter for Frame Shop, Jennifer Brozek, a prolific writer and fellow GenCon Writers' Symposium panelist, let me do a...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Oct 19, 2014
- 4 min
Writers' Group Dynamics
Janine Spendlove let me guest blog on her site during the Kickstarter for Frame Shop because, well, she's generally a swell friend. Check...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Oct 2, 2014
- 7 min
Planning Your Kickstarter: Pre-Launch
As most of you probably know by now, I launched a Kickstarter today for my novella, Frame Shop. It’s a mystery/thriller set in a writers’...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Aug 9, 2014
- 15 min
GISHWHES and 25 Stories
This is actually a combination of two posts originally posted in August of 2014: GISHWHES, the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Jul 31, 2014
- 3 min
Ruminations on Reading and Audio
Summer is not only convention season--I am a regular panelist on writing topics at both Origins and GenCon--but it is also the season for...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Jun 3, 2014
- 7 min
Sequels, Prequels, and Flashbacks ... Oh My
Finally got around to watching The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug via Netflix a few days ago. Why didn’t I go see it in the theater?...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Apr 7, 2014
- 6 min
Building a Better ... Platform
Did you ever notice that some buskers (street performers) bring a box or milk crate to stand on while they perform? They do that so that...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Mar 11, 2014
- 4 min
Making the Worst Possible Decision at Every Opportunity
It’s a staple of writing thrillers that the stakes and the difficulties for the protagonist must keep ratcheting up throughout the story....
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Feb 24, 2014
- 4 min
24 Hours Earlier
Two quick knife thrusts skewering my gut, then the man in black leather twisted the knife and ran, but not before grabbing the McGuffin. ...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Nov 15, 2013
- 5 min
From Gaming to Adventures, Stories, and Novels on Demand
I got my start as a writer by writing for shared worlds—and I don’t mean writing fan fiction (for my opinions on copyright theft, see my...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Nov 4, 2013
- 7 min
Plan Meets Need in Writing and Politics: Ender’s Game, Debate, and Other Ramblings
I was a debater in college and I coached debate when I was in law school, both at The University of Chicago. While UC was primarily on...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Sep 15, 2013
- 4 min
The Pros and Cons of Novellas
I'm a writer, but I confess I haven't written a book in a while. I've written a number of short stories recently and two novellas under...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Aug 13, 2013
- 5 min
Did I Play in the World's First Role-Playing Game EVER?
Despite the fact that I am heading off to my 34th GenCon shortly and that I was the world's top-ranked player of Classic RPGA tournaments...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Aug 6, 2013
- 5 min
Umbrellas, Pedestrian Etiquette, and Un-Needful Things
I'm not much of a fan of umbrellas. It's not that I don't own one. In fact, I have one which is more than thirty years old at this point....
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Jul 21, 2013
- 5 min
Collateral Damage: Die Hard, Burn Notice, Star Trek Into Darkness, Comic Superheroes, and Magnum P.I
Just watched A Good Day to Die Hard (Die Hard 5) a few days ago. This isn't a movie review column, so I won't go into why, despite the...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Jun 11, 2013
- 6 min
Writers are Suspicious Folk
When I was in law school, at The University of Chicago on the south side of the city, I dated someone from one of the tony, rich suburbs...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- May 24, 2013
- 5 min
The DC-ification of Iron Man
I confess, I didn't read a lot of comic books before my college days (where my dorm had a comic book library), but on the great divide...
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