[New post] 10 Cross-Genre Novels You Must Read

Oren Hammerquist posted: "When I opened my crowdfunding campaign for Hindsights, I used the term "cross-genre novel." The term "crowdfund" is now a mainstream word along with more ridiculous millenialisms such as "bae" or "yolo." SMH. Crowdfund, unlike these two, is a wonderful wo" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words 10 Cross-Genre Novels You Must Read by Oren Hammerquist When I opened my crowdfunding campaign for Hindsights, I used the term "cross-genre novel." The term "crowdfund" is now a mainstream word along with more ridiculous millenialisms such as "bae" or "yolo." SMH. Crowdfund, unlike these two, is a wonderful word for those who find success. And a sick joke for those who fail. Since we […] Read more of this post Oren Hammerquist | April 4, 2017 at 19:09 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-kJ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/10-cross-genre-novels-you-must-read/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] Special Post: Army FWWP

orenhammerquist posted: "  Over the weekend, the latest issue of the Army Future Warfare Writing Project (FWWP) went live. I hope you take a moment to read these groundbreaking pieces of speculative fiction by up-and-coming writers. Maybe you'll find your new favorite wri" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words Special Post: Army FWWP by orenhammerquist   Over the weekend, the latest issue of the Army Future Warfare Writing Project (FWWP) went live. I hope you take a moment to read these groundbreaking pieces of speculative fiction by up-and-coming writers. Maybe you'll find your new favorite writer. Maybe the writer you find here will become the next Tom Clancy! And it […] Read more of this post orenhammerquist | September 5, 2016 at 23:57 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-jC Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/special-post-army-fwwp/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Tapping Your Readers’ Psychic Power

orenhammerquist posted: " Marketing for Hindsights: Lies aren't 20/20 began yesterday. You can view my Publishizer campaign to preorder a copy. As part of my marketing campaign, expect regular posts over the next 43 days on the theme of psychics and writing. If I reach 250 preor" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words Tapping Your Readers’ Psychic Power by orenhammerquist Marketing for Hindsights: Lies aren't 20/20 began yesterday. You can view my Publishizer campaign to preorder a copy. As part of my marketing campaign, expect regular posts over the next 43 days on the theme of psychics and writing. If I reach 250 preorders, I gain 41 queries backed by promised sales. In other words, I'm working to […] Read more of this post orenhammerquist | September 2, 2016 at 12:00 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-fb Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/tapping-your-readers-psychic-power/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Launch!

orenhammerquist posted: "What better way to re-launch by blog than by tooting my own horn? I also will provide ways for Soldiers, NCOs, or just those interested in Military matters to get published, get noticed, and follow your passion for prose. First, about me. Here it goes: I" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words Launch! by orenhammerquist What better way to re-launch by blog than by tooting my own horn? I also will provide ways for Soldiers, NCOs, or just those interested in Military matters to get published, get noticed, and follow your passion for prose. First, about me. Here it goes: I got my Coin from the NCO Writing Excellence Program for […] Read more of this post orenhammerquist | September 1, 2016 at 08:33 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/s2NrCU-launch Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/launch/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Pre-Launch Day

orenhammerquist posted: " What day is it? If you said "hump day," you are partially correct. Today is also the official launch day for my Publishizer campaign. (Pre-Launch for my new and more regular blog.) What is Publishizer? This is a crowdfunding site specifically for author" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words Pre-Launch Day by orenhammerquist What day is it? If you said "hump day," you are partially correct. Today is also the official launch day for my Publishizer campaign. (Pre-Launch for my new and more regular blog.) What is Publishizer? This is a crowdfunding site specifically for authors. The site takes "pre-orders" on all books to raise money to publish […] Read more of this post orenhammerquist | August 31, 2016 at 00:01 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-hl Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/pre-launch-day/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] 12 Days To Go

orenhammerquist posted: " Just 12 days left until the re-launch of my blog. You may notice (or maybe not) that this comes to you from WordPress rather than BlogSpot. Though my BlogSpot will remain active, WordPress offers Publicize where Google currently does not. This means one" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words 12 Days To Go by orenhammerquist Just 12 days left until the re-launch of my blog. You may notice (or maybe not) that this comes to you from WordPress rather than BlogSpot. Though my BlogSpot will remain active, WordPress offers Publicize where Google currently does not. This means one post to WordPress goes to my Facebook, Blogspot, Twitter, and LinkedIn.   […] Read more of this post orenhammerquist | August 19, 2016 at 05:51 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-eQ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction; Fact; Poetry; and Words, Words, Words. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/12-days-to-go/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

Relaunching My Blog 1 September

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I will remake myself as a professional; first I must become an expert.

I invite you to follow me as I move towards a new goal: Overnight success. How long does overnight success take? According to an old adage, it takes ten years to succeed overnight. I must increase my digital footprint, but first, I must actually leave tracks.

Is writing a profession, a hobby, or nothing? Robert McKee proposed (in Story) that like musicians, an author must study his craft. With less than three months on my MA, I feel I am pursuing that goal. I also found ways to leverage experience, MOOCs and other resources to become an expert. Stephen King advises any writer planning to make a living as a writer to reconsider. Truly, millions write millions of books each year. How does one get noticed?

If you want to know, follow me to see. If I succeed, copy me. If I fail, learn from me.

New Year's Resolutions

I'd like to take a break from my regularly scheduled post (how to make your writing show not tell) to talk about New Year Resolutions. What are mine? How can I work a shameless plug into this post?

First, I resolve to finish rewriting Love Transcends, a collection of new and previously published short stories by yours truly. This has been a difficult book for me. One of the stories, "Mining Chernobyl," was my first professional payment on a publication. Unfortunately, the company has not been able to push the anthology out. Since I do not have rights to republish until at least 90 days after publication, we've had to wait. Not to mention rewriting several stories, removing one and making it into a novel itself, and finally adding a new story to fill the hole this left. Best of all is that the cover art is done by my wife, Trisha Hammerquist.

"Show don't tell?" What does that mean? Part I

Every starting author has probably heard the same statement from an editor, teacher, or the rare publisher that actually renders opinions on your pieces: "There's too much telling." Ah, what a frustrating phrase for the young writer to hear. Unfortunately, all to often the young, aspiring writer is left to draw his or her own conclusions. Is this some statement out of the writer's necronomicon? Is there some password you should reply with?

In fact, this falls into that category of phrases that are easier to understand than explain. I often wish that, as a teenager, someone would have sat the aspiring writer down and explained this. Instead, the few readers who actually rendered useful input confused the implied author with the actual author. It wasn't until I entered grad school and my thirties that I actually understood what was wrong. Here, for your benefit, I will explain several ways beginning authors make these mistakes and correct them in the future.

Three Things German Taught Me About English

I had a teacher in school that said the main reason to study foreign language was to understand your own language better. It seems counter intuitive, but this does seem to be the best reason to study a language. In high school, we are unlikely to actually pick up a language. I took two terms of French, but unless you want me to name foods or count to a million I wouldn't be much help in Paris.

Even in college, fluency is often beyond our reach. Is there value in learning about a language without actually learning it? Absolutely. I have found that, after reading a little Chaucer, I understand English better with a little knowledge of German. German is a sister language to English. Modern English grew out of a collision between (primarily) Danish and French. (Danish being similar to German at the time. Less so now.)

[New post] Next Week

orenhammerquist posted: "Next week should be a little more lighthearted. Come find out why chickens:chicken coops as morals:ethicshttp://theclosetliberal.blogspot.com/2015/08/next-week_3.html" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction Writer and Poet Next Week by orenhammerquist Next week should be a little more lighthearted. Come find out why chickens:chicken coops as morals:ethicshttp://theclosetliberal.blogspot.com/2015/08/next-week_3.html Read more of this post orenhammerquist | August 26, 2015 at 05:00 | Tags: chicken, chickens, find, lighthearted, week | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-aR Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction Writer and Poet. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/next-week/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

The Art of The Ridiculous

When did we forget how to have fun at the movies? Though I am a huge fan of Christian Bale, and the Dark Knight trilogy was good, my favorite batman will always be Michael Keeton. Followed closely by Adam West. The newest installment of Batman is deep, dark, and meaningful. All movies have this need now. Where is the fun in movies?

I spend a good deal of time analyzing documents from fiction to poetry to official documents for school, work, or because I simply can't turn the critical eye off. I cannot read a Facebook post without mentally editing the grammar. (I mean that: there seem to be none without at least one error.)  When I turn on the TV, it is to turn off, to have some fun. So I enjoy The Simpsons, though recently they have lost their edge. I like Big Bang Theory because it is smart humor, but fun to follow.

[New post] Making Good with Bad Movies

orenhammerquist posted: "Hail the B-Movie. I love ridiculous, over-worked b-movies. B-movies are about fun like super hero movies used to be about fun. However, they don't always work. You can't just write a bad movie and expect it to be good....http://orenhammerquist.blogspot.co" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Oren Hammerquist - Fiction Writer and Poet Making Good with Bad Movies by orenhammerquist Hail the B-Movie. I love ridiculous, over-worked b-movies. B-movies are about fun like super hero movies used to be about fun. However, they don't always work. You can't just write a bad movie and expect it to be good....http://orenhammerquist.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-art-of-ridiculous.html Read more of this post orenhammerquist | August 24, 2015 at 04:00 | Tags: bad, good, hail, making, movies | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2NrCU-aP Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Oren Hammerquist - Fiction Writer and Poet. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://orenhammerquist.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/making-good-with-bad-movies/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

Making Good with Bad Movies

Hail the B-Movie. I love ridiculous, over-worked b-movies. B-movies are about fun like super hero movies used to be about fun. However, they don't always work. You can't just write a bad movie and expect it to be good....
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