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You are cordially invited to view Jim Vuksic's Blog. Updated weekly. Comments are welcome and appreciated at the end of each blog post.
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Blog Posts by Date & Title in Reverse Order:
Jan. 21, 2016 - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is to Blame for it All?
Jan. 13, 2016 - The Author's Guide to Attaining Permanent Amateur Status - Results Guaranteed!
Jan. 5, 2016 - More than Six Decades of Happy and Some Not So Happy New Years
Dec. 29, 2015 - An Invitation to Enter a "Goodreads Giveaway"
Dec. 22, 2015 - A Few Words Often Mean a Lot
Dec. 14, 2015 - Explanations for What I Do and Don't Do on "Goodreads"
Dec. 6, 2015 - To Obsess Over Consumer Ratings & Reviews or Not to Obsess; That is the Question
Nov. 29, 2015 - Behavior Guaranteed to Antagonize People and Encourage Them to Avoid You
Nov. 18, 2015 - Celebrating the 2nd. Anniversary of "Jim Vuksic's Blog"
Nov. 11, 2015 - Self-Imposed Guidelines for Reading Choices, Reviewing and Literary Website Participation
Nov. 3, 2015 - Due Diligence and Research Prior to Publishing Avoids Conflict and Issues Afterward
Oct. 26, 2015 - A Professional Author Always Writes Like One; No Exceptions and No Excuses!
Oct. 18, 2015 - In Search of a Vocation - or - What to be When I Grow Up
Oct. 10, 2015 - I Advise You Not to Take My Advice Regarding How to Become a Successful Author
Oct. 3, 2015 - A Successful or Failed Social Experiment - An Invitation to Let the Readers Decide
Sept. 25, 2015 - Some of my Best Ideas Come from Others - or - Why I Choose Not to Spit
Sept. 18, 2015 - The Ten Commandments for Aspiring Writers (Handed Down by a Non-Prophet Reader)
Sept. 10, 2015 - My Sister Was an Only Child and Other Things I Regret
Sept. 2, 2015 - Professional Authors Know the Time and Place for Self-Promotion; Amateurs Don't
Aug. 25, 2015 - Sometimes, What We Hear Being Said is Not What Actually is Being Said
Aug. 17, 2015 - There is No Better Reality Check than a 50th. Reunion
Aug. 11, 2015 - Having a Book Published Does Not Necessarily Mean that I am a Writer
Aug. 4, 2015 - The Cyber World: A Nice Place to Visit, but You Shouldn't Want to Live There
July 28, 2015 - People That Aggravate Me
July 21, 2015 - Some are Destined to Become a Successful Author, Some are Not
July 13, 2015 - A Parental Delusion: Our Children are Special, Fantastic and Wonderful
July 5, 2015 - Birds of a Feather Flock Together & Great Minds Think Alike
June 27, 2015 - A Commentary on Comments Posted by Authors
June 17, 2015 - Personal Beliefs re: Life, Death Marriage, Self-Sufficiency and Religion
June 10, 2015 - Advice is Only as Reliable as Its Source
June 3, 2015 - Naivety, Free Books and Egocentric Promotion
May 26, 2015 - A 67-Year Life Story in Just 500 Words
May 19, 2015 - Predicting Who Will Write the Next Great Novel is Difficult; Determining Who Will Not is Not
May 6, 2015 - Artistic Independence and Rebellion are Not the Same Thing
April 29, 2015 - Just Who Do You Think You Are?
April 22, 2015 - It is Absolutely Unprofessional to Attempt to Redefine Professionalism
April 15, 2015 - No Magic Spell Will Make Dreams Come True, but Common Sense Might
April 8, 2015 - Boorish or Unprofessional Behavior: Misguided Substitutions for Intelligence and Knowledge
April 1, 2015 - Words of Wisdom that Only the Wise Seem to Heed
March 20, 2015 - A Goodreads Oddity
March 11, 2015 - One Person's Heaven is Another Person's Hell - Often, We Create Our Own
March 2, 2015 - Those Who Think They Have a Lot of Friends Just Think They Have a Lot of Friends
Feb. 23, 2015 - My Future Favorite Best-Selling Author; You Know Who Your Are
Feb. 16, 2015 - The Facts. Just the Facts
Feb. 8, 2015 - Humans Developed Words to Replace Drawings. So What Happened?
Jan. 29, 2015 - Before Becoming Upset, Consider the Source
Jan. 21, 2015 - Real, Legend or Myth - Does It Really Matter?
Jan. 11, 2015 - Lessons Learned
Dec. 28, 2014 - Claiming to Be a Professional Writer Does Not Make It So
Dec. 14, 2014 - It is Not Yesterday! It is Not Tomorrow! It is Today!
Dec. 3, 2014 - Non-Fiction is Sometimes Pure Fiction
Nov. 14, 2014 - Denial Does Not Make It So
Oct. 31, 2014 - It's Not My Fault and Other Half-Truths
Oct. 25, 2014 - Spamming and Rating/Reviewing One's Own Book - Aggressive Promotion or Narcissism
Oct. 20, 2014 - Cheap or Free - Not Always a Good Thing
Oct. 7, 2014 - The Never Ending Book Pricing Debate (Different Strokes for Different Folks)
Oct. 3, 2014 - Claiming to be a Writer and Other Mistaken Assumptions
Sept. 1, 2014 - Beware of Amateurs Offering Expert Advice
Aug. 18, 2014 - Pen Names - Who's Who?
Aug. 8, 2014 - A Reality Check for Self Published Authors
July 13, 2014 - Belated Thank You or "Roll the Credits!
July 6, 2014 - Be Willing to Sacrifice Today for a Better Tomorrow
June 8, 2014 - The Never Ending Writing Experience
May 18, 2014 - Too Much is Too Much - Period!
May 9, 2014 - Death: The End of Life - Destruction - Extinction
April 17, 2014 - Hey, That's Me!
April 11, 2014 - New Rule: You Can't Say "Can't"!
March 30, 2014 - Quiz - How Much Do You Know About the World of "Levels"?
March 15, 2014 - Difference of Opinion or Personal Attack
March 9, 2014 - Excerpts from Chapter XIII of "Levels" - Reality
March 2, 2014 - The Perfect World - Maybe
Feb. 28, 2014 - Excerpts from Chapter XII of "Levels" - Vocations
Feb. 21, 2014 - Determining the Selling Price of a Book
Feb. 20, 2014 - Excerpts from Chapter XI of "Levels" - Compromise
Jan. 31, 2014 - Excerpts from Chapter X of "Levels" - Only Three
Jan. 23, 2014 - Success and Failure Are a Part of Life
Jan. 14, 2014 - Excerpts from Chapter IX of "Levels" - The Museum
Jan. 7, 2014 - To Promote or Not Promote is Not in Question. It's a Matter of How?
Jan. 4, 2014 - A Person is What He Reads - or Maybe Not
Dec. 29, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter VIII of "Levels" - Decisions
Dec. 22, 2013 - Dreams Can Come True - Many Don't
Dec. 17, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter VII of "Levels" - Freedom
Dec. 14, 2013 - Good Enough is Never Good Enough!
Dec. 11, 2013 - I Love to Read, But...
Dec. 9, 2013 - Hey, That's Not Funny
Dec. 6, 2013 - The Pre-Publishing Process
Dec. 3, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter VI of "Levels" - Separation
Dec. 2, 2013 - It's Good to Be Loved, But be Prepared Not to Be
Nov. 29, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter V of "Levels" - Revelation
Nov. 28, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter IV of "Levels" - Procreation
Nov. 27, 2013 - First or Third-Person (Decisions! Decisions!)
Nov. 27, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter III of "Levels" - The Crossing
Nov. 26, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter II of "Levels" - Next Level
Nov. 24, 2013 - Author's Confession
Nov. 23, 2013 - Excerpts from Chapter I of "Levels" - Main Level
Nov. 22, 2013 - Readers' Reaction/Opinion of "Levels"
Nov. 21, 2013 - The Inhabitants of the World of "Levels" or Hey, Nobody's Perfect
Nov. 20, 2013 - The World of "Levels"
Nov. 16, 2013 - How a Personal Challenge Became a Published Novel - or - How "Levels" Was Born

Most recent blog post: Jan. 21, 2016.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is to Blame for it All?
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