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Apr 17, 2020
2 min

Cows... We're Remarkable Cows... The Pitfalls of Recording Audiobooks in the Country

My nearest neighbors can be REALLY loud and obnoxious. They also taste pretty good. I know. I've eaten at least part of one who didn't beh

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Benjamin Fife

Apr 16, 2020
14 min

Star Trek Who?

Both shows started out HIGHLY campy. It was the 60's, folks. At the time, they were awesome. Both of the initial shows celebrated diversi

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Inception meets Neverending story meets - Tron? Quantum Leap? Willow?

Benjamin Fife

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Inception meets Neverending story meets - Tron? Quantum Leap? Willow?

I enjoyed the story & if it were available narrated by someone else, I would continue the series, but for someone who listens on nice headph

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Review Everything - Why I Try to & Some Tips for Reviewing Books in General

Benjamin Fife

Apr 13, 2020
5 min

Review Everything - Why I Try to & Some Tips for Reviewing Books in General

for those of us on the 'getting into our careers as creators' side of things goes - an honest review stating objectively what we did well

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Challenges - "Give Me Six Characters to make Fan art of"

Benjamin Fife

Apr 12, 2020
4 min

Challenges - "Give Me Six Characters to make Fan art of"

There are any number of challenges out there. Pick one for yourself.

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Every Single Day - My Review & conversation with Bradley Charbonneau

Benjamin Fife

Apr 10, 2020
4 min

Every Single Day - My Review & conversation with Bradley Charbonneau

This was just the encouragement I needed for my day. This book is a phenomenal little nugget to help push you in the right direction

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Rome Wasn't Built in a Day... But you can bet they were working on it pretty non-stop.

Benjamin Fife

Apr 10, 2020
3 min

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day... But you can bet they were working on it pretty non-stop.

I started with what I could. It amounted to a hut on the rural outskirts of Rome. It probably had a leaky roof.

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Benjamin Fife

Apr 9, 2020
2 min

Click Save, Genius.

I haven't had something disappear into digital ether for at least a few weeks, fortunately, but I had a close call last week that made me st

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Endymion Spring - Proof that publishing houses aren't really any better than self publishing.

Benjamin Fife

Apr 8, 2020
3 min

Endymion Spring - Proof that publishing houses aren't really any better than self publishing.

Peppered throughout the modern day storyline are some rather bizarre similes and metaphors, such as "The silver coins glistened like gobs of

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Covid-19 #1 - Knee Jerk Reactions - We all have them.

Benjamin Fife

Apr 7, 2020
7 min

Covid-19 #1 - Knee Jerk Reactions - We all have them.

Since Real people are Really having to deal with this, it explains why knee jerk reactions seem to be par for the course. We are human.

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Benjamin Fife

Apr 5, 2020
2 min

Start a Blog in 30 Days -meh. Self Directed is better than this book if you ask me.

This type of book is written, possibly by the author, but more likely copied & pasted from other people's material & then directed to other

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Why World Music is My Go-to Feel Good Music

Benjamin Fife

Apr 3, 2020
3 min

Why World Music is My Go-to Feel Good Music

What hooked me to ethnic & world music? More than anything - the organic nature of it. The similarities sometimes in rhythms & life that co

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What is Visionary Fiction and Why Hadn't I (and Possibly You) Heard of it?

Benjamin Fife

Apr 3, 2020
3 min

What is Visionary Fiction and Why Hadn't I (and Possibly You) Heard of it?

For me Visionary Fiction is about imparting a message and uplifting the reader. Moving the conversation a notch higher.

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Everything has changed. You sure you want to do that NOW?

Benjamin Fife

Apr 1, 2020
5 min

Everything has changed. You sure you want to do that NOW?

If you're up for it, I invite you to come along for the ride over the next month...and hopefully beyond. I hope I can make you smile & more.

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Mindfire - Transformational Superhero Fiction

Benjamin Fife

Mar 19, 2020
3 min

Mindfire - Transformational Superhero Fiction

I enjoyed that there was no one in this story who was "all good" or "all evil." But they were all flawed, just like normal people.

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Extreme Exercises in Absurdity - My Review of 3 of Lewis Carroll's books

Benjamin Fife

Mar 12, 2020
3 min

Extreme Exercises in Absurdity - My Review of 3 of Lewis Carroll's books

All in all, I would rate this classic 5 frumious stars out of 3.1415926538 pancakes. Everyone should eventually read or listen to it.

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How to Overthrow the Corrupt System - My Initial Review of The Fringe Candidate by W. Brad Swift

Benjamin Fife

Mar 6, 2020
5 min

How to Overthrow the Corrupt System - My Initial Review of The Fringe Candidate by W. Brad Swift

The Election of 2016 resulted in a possibly mortal injury to the Status Quo. I applaud Donald J. Trump for that. Status Quo has had it com

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Roger Miller Sang What? | Haven't I heard That Before, Volume 1

Benjamin Fife

Mar 2, 2020
6 min

Roger Miller Sang What? | Haven't I heard That Before, Volume 1

Blew my mind a few months ago when I was in a rock and roll mood & asked Alexa to shuffle songs by R.E.M and I heard their cover of it, for

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Donald Trump and the Fear of the "Other"

Benjamin Fife

Feb 28, 2020
8 min

Donald Trump and the Fear of the "Other"

People who are here because we made their fatherland uninhabitable for them do not deserve this. People who have fought alongside our soldi

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Book 3 of Jane Austen's Dragons is now on sale! BUT WAIT... THERE's MORE!

Benjamin Fife

Feb 27, 2020
1 min

Book 3 of Jane Austen's Dragons is now on sale! BUT WAIT... THERE's MORE!

Netherfield: Rogue Dragon is Now available on Audible. MORE Jane Austen's Dragons on their way soon too!

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