First I want to say, as a little encouragement to those working in a freelance market, it is an extremely tough way to get business, and very competitive. Before I failed over and over again, I had no idea what I was doing, and it really showed when I had to face up against a professional seller. I would try to sound smart and end up using words the customer didn’t understand, while my competition smoothed talked their way into contract after contract. Read more >>
It’s about time people around these parts were motivated to make the world a better place. I mean look at old faithful Fido sleeping on the couch while you watch people fight on YouTube. He yearns for the great open plains where he can run free like the young dog that lives inside him. Read more >>
Creating a stew takes a lot of time and hard work. Every time you make a stew, a celebration is required to give tribute to the love, dedication, and bloody sweat tears that went into making something that tastes oh so good.
How else can CricketSoda give tribute other than a video! Enjoy!
For kids Halloween is all about the candy and the costume, but once you hit a certain point, your costume falls down in rank to some of the more important things. Your older body just can’t handle that special prostitute outfit as well as it used to, and your taste for candy fades when the sugar starts to give you a headache. Halloween for many like me is a warm up of sorts for Thanksgiving. There are many traditional foods (most of them falling under the “treats” category) for Halloween participants to enjoy, many of which get neglected because candy is so easy to come by. Halloween is all about the food, and to celebrate this we have determined our favorites (listed in order best to worst below), how to make them, and why they are just so good to eat. Read more >>
Today we are going to talk about promises. When you make a promise, it is very important to keep it. You risk your pride, credibility, and perhaps hours of embarrassment because you are a loser (especially when it involves your daughter or ex-wife). The whole key to keeping every promise you make it to make those promises within your comfort zone, never promising anything you can’t deliver on without having to give up other things, like your drug addiction. One example of a really bad promise comes from a Nebraska man who promised to eat nothing but spam for a month, and now he is a bottom of the barrel “Spam head.” Read more >>
In history there have been many displays of literary fortitude, yet few displays of sheer magnificence in that regard which transcend the reason of any discerning human. This my friends, is one of those displays.
The Exercise:
Describe a pottery class from the POV of the student, instructor and the clay. Read more >>
Ok, so it took me a few hours to realize that part 2 wasn’t quite the literary masterpiece I expected. But fear not oh loyal fans! Because Mark Garrison is back with what IS in fact the finest piece of artwork ever manufactured by placing words together. Now this time, for the love of Jeezy Weezy Cheezy, you MUST mentally prepare yourself for the worlds most amazing work of art. I present to you, Part 3.
The Exercise:
Write an intriguing first line for a romance novel. Repeat the exercise, writing first lines for a mystery, horror, Western and a suspense story. Read more >>
We live in a strange place. The small community were everyone knows your name is becoming a thing of the past. There are people, so many of them everywhere, and you can no longer promote your show by just telling a few people in town who will let the rest of the community know. Now, you have to use the many powers of communication. Read more >>
I sincerely think these writing lessons are paying off. They better be. It was either a months supply of blue Monsters and Vicodin or these lessons. Well it looks like I made the right decision. After my latest one, I produced literary art worthy of placement in a writing museum (they have those right?). After I read this lesson’s result for the first time, I almost fainted because I had never witnessed such perfect writing in my entire life. Read more >>
Many guys out there are wondering how they can turn their girlfriends (or wives) into sluts or whores without pissing them off and making them leave you for your better looking, church going best friend. Here are five surefire ways to accomplish this. Read more >>
Today we are going to talk about promises. When you make a promise, it is very important to keep it. You risk your pride, credibility, and perhaps hours of embarrassment because you are a loser (especially when it involves your daughter or ex-wife). The whole key to keeping every promise you make it to make those promises within your comfort zone, never promising anything you can’t deliver on without having to give up other things, like your drug addiction. One example of a really bad promise comes from a Nebraska man who promised to eat nothing but spam for a month, and now he is a bottom of the barrel “Spam head.” 
In history there have been many displays of literary fortitude, yet few displays of sheer magnificence in that regard which transcend the reason of any discerning human. This my friends, is one of those displays.
We live in a strange place. The small community were everyone knows your name is becoming a thing of the past. There are people, so many of them everywhere, and you can no longer promote your show by just telling a few people in town who will let the rest of the community know. Now, you have to use the many powers of communication. 
Many guys out there are wondering how they can turn their girlfriends (or wives) into sluts or whores without pissing them off and making them leave you for your better looking, church going best friend. Here are five surefire ways to accomplish this. 
