February - 2021

Feb 27, 20212 min read

Spring is About to be Sprung

With the closing of February and the new dawn of March only a day away, the thought of spring is ever closer.

Feb 22, 20213 min read

The Story Arc and the Ever-Evolving Notecard Tree

I began writing Losing Dani Strumm nearly two years ago. I had a dream about the basic story, and when I woke, I wanted to go back to sleep

Feb 19, 20215 min read

11 Tricks to Kick Your Worst Author Habits

Procrastination can sometimes be confused with a lack of inspiration. I blogged before about inspiration being the fuel for an artist, and I

Feb 17, 20215 min read

10 Movies I Love that are 50 Years Old You Should Watch by Author B. A. Shields

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a latchkey child from the '70s, and if there is one thing I know and love, it's movies. Every great movi

Feb 16, 20213 min read

Update on the Stray Kitten Ebony

.A few days ago, I stepped outside to move my Jeep, and a little kitten came crying to me. She is one of the 60+ feral cats that my wife a

Feb 15, 20212 min read

Winners of the February 14th Members Only FREE book giveaway

So we had the random drawing yesterday from the new FREE membership roster at my author website, www.BruceShields.us/members

Feb 14, 20212 min read

Find Ebony a Home for Valentine's Day!

It was around noon, and the temperature was finally getting up to the double digits. As I stepped onto the porch I heard a little cat crying

Feb 13, 20216 min read

Artists Inspiration, the Fuel to Creation

I never really considered myself a leather smith, or musician, or anything other than an artist.

Feb 12, 20216 min read

Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Authors ever to Breathe Oxygen

this list is bias, and completely of my own design for personal and selfish reasoning. I know there are many other greats out there...

Feb 11, 20213 min read

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: Book Review by Author B. A. Shields

I recently read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and I think it was somewhere around the 20th time. I thought I would write a review of...

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