Top Ten Reasons Writers Don't Write
Continuing my promised ten top ten lists to ease your withdrawal upon David Letterman's reitrement with: The Top Ten Reasons Writers...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- May 20, 2015
- 2 min
Top Ten List of Top Ten Lists
Back when I was General Counsel at Boston Chicken (now Boston Market), I often emceed company gatherings, franchise development...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Apr 19, 2015
- 5 min
Some Kickstarter Lessons
As most of you know, I ran a successful Kickstarter through my publishing company, 54-40' Orphyte, Inc., for my mystery thriller, Frame...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Apr 10, 2015
- 1 min
Time, Passion, Hugos, and Puppies
Let's keep this short. There's lots being written about the Hugos this year, with plenty of passion and finger-pointing. You could spend...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Apr 1, 2015
- 1 min
Denver International Airport
Fans of Net Impact will appreciate the April 1 post DIA Underground: The “Elite” Travel Experience from the folks at www.flydenver.com....
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Mar 25, 2015
- 2 min
Sorry, Joss, But Marvel's: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Has Lost Its Way
I know that there are a lot of nerds out there that think Joss Whedon can do no wrong and, trust me, I'm a fan, too (with a genuine...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Mar 7, 2015
- 2 min
Frame Shop a Semi-Finalist in Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project; Finalists to be Announced S
Great and gracious greetings! Being an author is like being an actor or a door-to-door salesman. There's lots of rejection and...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
- Feb 18, 2015
- 4 min
A Review of The Martian
Andy Weir's The Martian already has more than 7,500 reviews on Amazon, so I doubt my review would be much noticed there, which is why I...
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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
- Jul 8, 2014
- 4 min
True Confessions: I Am Not The World's Best Writer
There's no M. Night Shyamalan twist here. I'm not the world's best writer. Duh. I know that. As this blog proves, I'm not the world's...
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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 20, 2014
- 6 min
Ooga Chuka, Ooga Ooga-Ooga Chuka
Went to see Transcendence last night (a better than expected four out of five stars, perhaps because it is a thinky movie and I like that...
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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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