David J. Pedersen's Blog of All Things
My parents ingrained good habits in me, and one was asking my kids about their day. Sometimes they’d lament, or be effusive, but I always asked. I wanted to know, like my parents did. Dinner was the only time we…
You’ll find lots of tools out there to help you write books, and there is no wrong way to do it. Below you will find three apps that I use as a part of my writing and publishing workflow. Plottr,…
You’ll find lots of tools out there to help you write books, and there is no wrong way to do it. Below you will find two apps that I use as a part of my writing and publishing workflow. Things…
Monday, June 7th, my birthday, was garbage. Not the celebration before, not because of anyone or any specific thing, it was just a crap day. It happens. Tuesday was better. My book is cursed My birthday was full of oddities.…
Thanks to everyone who participated in my All In contest. There were over 800 entries and I appreciate all of you for taking the time to check out my stuff. The All In Contest Winners who agreed to share their…
It’s my birthday month, and I’m kicking off the celebration with a book promotion and a contest. Not only can you get all of my books on sale, you could win a Kindle Paperwhite! My books are all on sale…
Demicon is an amazing Science Fiction and Fantasy convention hosted in Des Moines, IA every spring. We’ve had a vendor table at the con since 2014. This year we wanted to do something different and put in a request to…
Occasionally, a reader will reach out and thank me for my books. Sometimes it’s a generous review, or they will stop by my booth at a con and say some kind words. Once, I even received a handwritten letter. More…
It Started As One Of Those Weeks The great Midwest deepfreeze of 2021 thawed overnight. It was suddenly a balmy 65 and warm enough to pull my car out of the garage. After a frustrating day of tech consultant troubleshooting…
I recently introduced my new website djpwrites.com with the world and am pretty sure I saw a collective head scratching as some wondered what I was up to. “David’s written seven books, over 150 blog posts, has a YouTube channel,…