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Phnom Penh long ago... A passage from my book "Last Century"... a collection of true tales from my years in Asia at the end of the Cold War. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083RNQ2MK #PhnomPenh #Cambodia #LastCentury #RonMorris #reading #writing #writers #novels #literature #fiction #books #booklover #reading #bookish #Bookwritingtiktok #Indieauthorsofbooktok #Bookishtiktok #booktok #booktok2024 #bookish

Let's talk about Paul Bowles' "The Sheltering Sky." #theshelteringsky #paulbowles #shelteringsky #reading #writing #writers #novels #literature #fiction #books #booklover #reading #bookish #Bookwritingtiktok #Indieauthorsofbooktok #Bookishtiktok #booktok #booktok2024 #bookish

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: The big shakeup in the U.S. elections: Kamala vs Trump, July 29, 2024 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

Impressions of the U.S. after being away for 5 years: my misshapen people, the state of pop music, the cost of things #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: Shaking up the election: Kamala Harris' plans, Biden out of sight, July 23, 2024 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: Biden must go, but who will replace him? Secret Service DID deny Trump extra security! July 21, 2024 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: It's getting a lot more like 1968! Assassination attempt on Trump, July 14, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: Democrats quickly turn on the President; Trump keeps his mouth shut, July 11, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron - Headlines in context: Should the Democrats continue to influence the media? July 3, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: POST DEBATE special: The Emperor's New Clothes!!! June 28, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: What's at stake in the presidential debates; Are social media companies news media? June 27, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: Capturing the middle in US elections; Old records & Lawrence Welk; buy my book! June 21, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: Will convictions hurt Trump? Nations won't give up nukes! June 17, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: Presidential debates; Military draft returns?; Apple's AI promises; June 11, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: Trump verdict! Nations create great men? Will Cold War thinking return? Tune out of the net? June 3, 24 #theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The Show with Ron--Headlines in context: Capturing the center? End of free trade, Google conspiracy! May 26, 24 # theshowwithron #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691 TheShowWithRon, The Show with Ron, Drudge, matt drudge, drudge report, news, context, commentary, politics, media, mass media, headlines, today's headlines, trump, biden, Israel, protests, Ron Morris, RFK jr, RFK

Two examples of my "compacted writing" from "There Are Still Unknown Places" (I read these in the video): “There were many public beaches, but these were not paradise, rather, nightmares of cement walkways and stairs, of forever bulldozing trucks manipulating the sands, of seawalls and jealous houses of the rich and boardwalks and indifferent buildings standing shoulder to shoulder, of hectoring signs warning of fines, of aggressive people and packed parking lots.” “She knelt on a mat in her room to meditate. Immediately beside her was the little desk that her father had bought her when she went to school. She had studied as she should, as everyone was supposed to, and she, right then, was a thing of her place and time, in the mountain of life, blind to the whirling stars above or the eternity before and after that she never knew. No one knew what things she held in her heart nor would they ever, but she did not know that then. She was right there, kneeling on her little mat, untouchable, being the perfect and imperfect thing that she was.”

Headlines in context: Comparing the Biden and Trump election promises, May 18, 24 #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge

I suspect there is no such thing as writer's block... what is really happening is not working from an outline. I explain more in this video...

Headlines in context: Trump trial, campus protests, aid to Israel, May 12, 24 #news #context #commentary #drudge #mattdrudge Link to the video I mentioned today: Student protests repeat the 1960s? No one trusts the media? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnIFbI1Ydlg My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

So many of us make the main character in our works a virtuous hero (and often a victim of others). What about making your main character a passive-aggressive jerk? My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

Just a tidbit from my days on TV--creating two peaks in a show: humor and insight My latest novel, "There Are Still Unknown Places," available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZNFM691

The old screenwriter's trick: stop writing when you know the next thing to write

Using words in writing... Are they tools or the end result?

Reading books to consider the structure of a book and how to write our own book... and a bit about Sherwood Anderson.