Daily Archives: January 20, 2010

Conspiracy theories…

Ever wonder how prenatal vitamins actually affect the unborn? While I’m not one to entertain many conspiracies in life, it’s good to have a curious mind that asks such weird questions when it comes to being a writer. Something as simple as a question like that could easily lead to a great premise for a …

January 20, 2010 – 1:20 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Picking up knowledge where you can

As a writer, it’s always important to pick up knowledge where you can find it. I once had a roommate who had the worst case of dry skin ever (or so it seemed) and he was constantly in search of a better eczema treatment. At the time, it grossed me out; but now, I have …

January 20, 2010 – 1:16 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Unique perspective

Being a writer gives one a unique perspective on topics as mundane as quick trim celluslim reviews to as exotic as the effects of poisons on the human body. With suspense/mystery writers, all of it usually adds up to figuring out how to effectively kill someone in a way that will mislead the reader to …

January 20, 2010 – 1:12 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Focusing on research

When I’m not surfing to places like http://www.bestonlinedegrees.org to help my wife consider the best place to get her next degree … that’s right, she just finished her bachelors! Go, Andie! Anyway… I’ve discovered just how important good research is to everything from sermons to novel-writing. One needs to deeply understand all that is possibly …

January 20, 2010 – 1:08 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Tight writing schedule

I’m going to have a tight writing schedule for the next few weeks; I have one more sermon and one more commentary ahead of me, back to back. However, after that, I have no idea when I’ll be teaching again. So, I should finally find some serious novel-writing time right about then. That’s news so …

January 20, 2010 – 1:04 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Over-relying on flash drives isn’t so brilliant, either

OK, so I’ve learned not to over-rely on hard drives; my big mistake last Friday was that I’ve come to over-rely on my flash drive. It went down suddenly after Windows 7 offered to “scan and fix” it. It scanned my drive, all right, but there was no “fix” to it. Windows 7 killed my …

January 20, 2010 – 1:01 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Rants and asides | Tagged , , | Comments (0)