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Top 17 Songs of 2017: Country

All year I’ve been building a playlist of my favorite songs; or songs that, at least, I found catchy at one point. Now that it’s the end of the year, I want to take a look at my favorite 17 songs (by genre) of the year. One of the first country songs I remember was […]

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Top 17 Songs of 2017: Rap, Hip-Hop, and R&B

All year I’ve been building a playlist of my favorite songs; or songs that, at least, I found catchy at one point. Now that it’s the end of the year, I want to take a look at my favorite 17 songs (by genre) of the year. Today is rap/hip-hop/R&B day! I know these are technically […]

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Top 17 Songs of 2017: Other

All year I’ve been building a playlist of my favorite songs; or songs that, at least, I found catchy at one point. Now that it’s the end of the year, I want to take a look at my favorite 17 songs (by genre) of the year. Today’s genre is the catch-all of other. This includes […]

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Top 17 Songs of 2017: EDM

All year I’ve been building a playlist of my favorite songs; or songs that, at least, I found catchy at one point. Now that it’s the end of the year, I want to take a look at my favorite 17 songs (by genre) of the year. We’re going to take a look at dance music […]

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Top 17 Songs of 2017: Rock

All year I’ve been building a playlist of my favorite songs; or songs that, at least, I found catchy at one point. Now that it’s the end of the year, I want to take a look at my favorite 17 songs (by genre) of the year. Today, let’s take a look at rock. I’m a […]

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Story Excerpt: Untitled Kara Olecki Story

I wanted to share a little section of a short story that I’ve been working on for about two years. It’s nearly ready for publication, so I figured why not share a bit of it, to get everyone excited? The biggest hurdle left to overcome is titling; I’m notoriously bad at creating a title for my stories […]

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2017 Backstory The Real World

Self-Promotion as a Writer

I’m terrible at self-promotion as a writer. But I’m in marketing! This should be right up my alley! Using social media and my network to grow my following, sell books, garner reviews, etc. But it’s not. It’s not up my alley at all. It’s ironic, I know. Why is this? Why can I peddle other […]

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2017 The Real World

Everyone Has a Story to Tell

Everyone has a story to tell. I spent a week in Las Vegas two weeks back, and while I’m happy to be back on the East Coast it was an experience I’ll never forget! The lights, the sounds, the sheer amount of people crowded into the deceptively small-looking Strip…it got me thinking. There are millions […]

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Coming to an E-Reader Near You: All Things Together | March Update

All Things Together is finished. Repeat: my novel is finished. This is a big deal! There should be rejoicing in the streets, a cake ordered, a ball scheduled. What started out as a high school project in 2010 is now complete, being formatted for MOBI and EPUB, and awaiting a cover reveal (follow me on Twitter […]

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What Makes a Writer?

What makes a writer? Some say, to be a good writer, it’s practice. Others, imagination. Some will swear you’re born with it. Maybe by emulating others you can get there. I think it’s a little of all of these things. Obviously you need practice otherwise you are not going to get anywhere. Even when writer’s […]