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Why Do Some Fiction Book Covers Feel Timeless While Others Fade Quickly?
Why Do Some Fiction Book Covers Feel Timeless While Others Fade Quickly?Chuck Morgan, Crime Fiction AuthorThere's a blend of design choices and cultural context that determine longevity, and you can learn to spot them: enduring covers use clear, restrained typography, balanced composition, and symbols that tap universal themes rather than fleeting trends; your eye also responds to durable production and flexible branding that translate across formats and decades, so timelessness is both aesthetic and strategic.Design fundamentals that age wellYou rely on a handful of durable choices to keep a cover from dating itself: a restrained 2-3 color palette, a strong typographic hierarchy, and a clea...
How can the “Reverse Writing” Method Dissolve Creative Paralysis?
How can the “Reverse Writing” Method Dissolve Creative Paralysis?Chuck Morgan, Crime Fiction AuthorMost people experience creative paralysis at some point, leading to frustration and stalled projects. The "Reverse Writing" method can be a transformative tool for you to break through this block. By encouraging you to start with the end goal in mind and work backward, this technique helps reframe your thinking and unlocks your creative potential. This post will explore how implementing this approach can invigorate your writing process and foster innovation, enabling you to regain confidence in your creative endeavors.Understanding Creative ParalysisCreative paralysis manifests as an inabil...
Can Outsourcing the Tough Stuff Elevate an Author’s Craft?
Can Outsourcing the Tough Stuff Elevate an Author’s Craft?Chuck Morgan, Crime Fiction AuthorWith the ever-growing landscape of publishing, exploring how outsourcing specialty tasks can bolster your literary works is vital. By delegating aspects like editing, formatting, and marketing, you can dedicate more time to your creative process, enhancing the quality of your writing. This post examines the potential benefits and considerations of outsourcing, helping you determine if it's the right strategy for elevating your literary oeuvre.The Role of Specialized Tasks in Literary CreationDefining Specialized Tasks in Writing Specialized tasks in writing encompass the intricate layers of sto...
Is collaboration worthwhile for indie storytellers?
Is collaboration worthwhile for indie storytellers?You may find that collaboration can transform your storytelling process in unexpected ways. As an indie storyteller, working with others can enhance creativity, expand your audience, and refine your craft. Exploring various perspectives and skills fosters a dynamic environment that encourages innovation. This post looks into the benefits and challenges of collaborative projects, helping you decide if this alchemical process is right for your narrative journey.The Unique Currency of CollaborationCollaboration transforms storytelling by leveraging diverse strengths and perspectives, creating a richer narrative experience. Indie storytellers be...
How can unorthodox rituals shatter writer’s block in plain English?
How can unorthodox rituals shatter writer’s block in plain English?Chuck Morgan, Crime Fiction AuthorMany writers experience the frustration of writer’s block at some point. This challenge can impede your creativity and slow down your progress. By incorporating unorthodox rituals into your writing routine, you can stimulate your mind and regain your flow. These unconventional practices can help you break free from mental constraints, encouraging fresh ideas and perspectives. Discover how these unique approaches can transform your writing sessions and enhance your overall productivity.Understanding Writer’s BlockWriter's block is a common challenge that can hinder your creativity and pr...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS
This week I wanted to do just a quick blog to wish everyone a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. As a way of thanking my loyal readers and those looking for a new crime fiction series to read I am offering one of my full length novels as a free audiobook on my You Tube page...Chuck Morgan Books or on my Substack pod cast at chuck684.substack.com. I hope you enjoy it. You can find the entire Crime Series as well as my other novels on Amazon or at chuckmorganbooks.com. Enjoy.CRIME UNRAVELED — A Buck Taylor Novel (Book 13)2025 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards — Crime Fiction Silver MedalistA landslide buries a canyon—and uncovers a conspiracy.A catastrophic landslide tears through Colorado...
On Bashing Manu Smriti, Or Flogging A Dead Horse Riding A Blind Ass
None knows when Manu Smriti had its last sway, if at all, over the Indian polity but still the Hindu castes that it slighted lazily hold it against the Brahmins that it once exalted, and ominously, the evangelists cynically bash Hinduism with it to lure the former into their Semitic fold. However, this essay is not an exercise to endorse the extinct Smriti per se but an attempt to expose the perceptive vacuity and the intellectual dishonesty, as the case may be, of its debunkers.No denying that Manu unambiguously upheld the Brahmanical supremacy albeit with an austere life-style that is self-denying to say the least, and even otherwise which society in history has been egalitarian in its con...
Semitic Censure Of Sanatana Dharma, Or The Pot Calling The Kettle Black
Unmindful of the old adage, when you point a finger at someone else, there are three pointing back to you, Udhayanidhi, the Christian son of the atheist Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin and his devout Hindu wife, had raged an unseemly controversy through his clarion call for the eradication of sanatana dharma aka Hinduism that he likened to dengue, malaria and corona. It is another matter though that he has no issues with the ethics of the Christianity that required him to get baptized into its fold to wed his believing beloved. Be that as it may, his closet Christian party colleague A. Raja pitched in with AIDS and leprosy tags to picture Hinduism as a menace to the world at large fo...
Hindu Theocratic State – Canard of the Libtards
After the millennia grind under foreign yokes, first that of the Islamic invaders and then of the British colonizers, Bharat Varsha, the ancient land of the Hindus, regained its independence as India, albeit downsized by the latter by carving out Pakistan from it as a homeland for its Muslims. Thus, it would have been logical that the Hindus had the truncated India all for themselves but owing to its wooly political leadership, it was not to be, which forever constrains them to drink the same old wine in a new bottle. What’s worse was Nehru’s nipping the Hindu nationalistic impulses in the bud, perceiving them as offensive to the religious sentiments of the Muslim minority that made Indi...
Have Hindus Become More Intolerant, Or less Indulgent?
When the Semitic free run on the Hindu turf under Sonia’s proxy watch ended with the ascent of Narendra Modi onto the Delhi gaddi, the Indian agendas of the Christian west and the Muslim umma faced impediments resulting in the brouhaha over the growing religious intolerance of Hindus towards India’s minorities. Given the racial biases and the religious prejudices of both against the Hindus and that the world media, by and large is controlled by them, a critical appraisal of their propaganda with objective lenses is called for.Hence, as the accusation is on the religious ground, it is imperative that the theocratic credos of Islam and Christianity as well as the philosophical ethos of san...