Nathan Writes Things

A journey to immortalize a girl.

The blog of Nathan, a guy trying to chronicle the Herculean task of publishing a book about his life in general, and his beloved wife specifically.

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Demons: Sloth

May 03, 2019 by Nathan Herman in Guides, The Writer's Brain

If you shoot him, you'll only make him mad.

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May 03, 2019 /Nathan Herman
guide, Demons, writer's block, lazy, Sloth
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Insurmountable Odds: Fighting the Good Fight against the Force of Entropy

December 23, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Personal, The Writer's Brain

The closest I will likely ever get to writing anything remotely inspirational. Gross.

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December 23, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Introspection, Personal, Chaos, Entropy
Personal, The Writer's Brain
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The Fall

November 23, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Personal, The Writer's Brain

Adventures in Sleep Paralysis.

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November 23, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Sleep paralysis, Lucid dreaming, Inspiration, Dreams
Personal, The Writer's Brain
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Chapter: Cookout

October 08, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Excerpt from a novel

It's been a while since I've posted one of these, so… Here you go. Something short.

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October 08, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, Cookout, Darrington, Utopia
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The Accidental Carlos

October 07, 2016 by Nathan Herman in The Writer's Brain

Thoughts on creating new content. Or not.

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October 07, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Writing, Plagiarism, Originality
The Writer's Brain
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Well, this is embarrassing.

September 15, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

I haven't updated this in over two months. Wow… Just wow. I wish I could elucidate why it's taken me more than sixty days to make a single blog post, but I really have no reasonably valid excuse. Time has just slipped away. Onward, upward, and out of my grasp… Excelsior.

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September 15, 2016 /Nathan Herman
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So Close, and yet

July 08, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates, Personal

This one is kind of touchy-feely and a bit wordy. Read at your own discretion.

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July 08, 2016 /Nathan Herman
grief, reflection, emo, Update
Updates, Personal
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The State of Affairs: Limbo

July 01, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

See what happens when I try and write a dreaded Query Letter!

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July 01, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Query letter, Update, Milestone, Agent
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Sunshine Blogger Award – Positivity I Am Uncomfortable with, and Recognition I Probably Don't Deserve

June 15, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

I answer questions because I'm cool like that.

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June 15, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Survey update Sunshine Blogger Award
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Chapter: Drift

June 03, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Novel Excerpts

I thought I would post a short chapter that takes place shortly after our marriage. It's unedited as hell, but it's short. Let me know what you think.

 

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June 03, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, marrige
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The State of Affairs: Reality

May 08, 2016 by Nathan Herman

Welcome to the real world, jackass.

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May 08, 2016 /Nathan Herman
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The State of Affairs: Well…

April 15, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

Things moving quickly. Maybe.

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April 15, 2016 /Nathan Herman
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Chapter: Adventures in Children's Hospital -- Part I

April 03, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Novel Excerpts

Another week, another excerpt.  This one's relatively short, and was literally the first chapter I ever wrote for this book.

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April 03, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, Childhood
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Guest Blog

April 01, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

Chances are if you're reading this, you already know, but for posterity sake I thought I should make a post about the guest blog I wrote over at my friend Les's site. Go check it out, and let him know what you think!

Finding Love, Coping with Grief, and the Absurdity of Writing the Great American Autobiography

 

April 01, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Guest blog, article
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Chapter: Skin

March 27, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Novel Excerpts

Another excerpt from my book… A study in skin.

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March 27, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, skin, details, Darrington, Whitehorse, Utopia
Novel Excerpts
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Chapter: The Black

March 20, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Novel Excerpts

For those that follow me on social media(that's a fancy way of saying "my family on Facebook") the following chapter is nothings new, but it's one that I've grown fond of, so l'm posting it here. 

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March 20, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, Purgatory, movies, Zen
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The State of Affairs: Part One

March 17, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates, Publishing

Publishquest update 1

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March 17, 2016 /Nathan Herman
Publishing, Henry Rollins
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A Brief Guide to Using the Thing to do Stuff

March 14, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Guides

How I learned to stop worrying and use the RSS feed.

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March 14, 2016 /Nathan Herman
guide, tech, RSS
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A Sample: As Lovers Go

March 12, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Novel Excerpts

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Internet trolls of all ages… I hereby welcome you to the second post on this blog (website?  I should probably figure out what to call it), but the first excerpt of my book.  

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March 12, 2016 /Nathan Herman
excerpts, Dashboard Confessional, concert, Alive
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A Beginning

March 11, 2016 by Nathan Herman in Updates

So, um... Hi.

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March 11, 2016 /Nathan Herman
updates, big deal, First
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