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COFFEE CONSCIOUS in Berkeley - David Edward Wagner novels for sale (along with other local arts/crafts) I am excited to let you know that Coffee Conscious is selling my novel, Marvelous Things, as part of its local craft bazaar set-up inside its shop.

Lots of awesome local arts and crafts are available there, along with their delicious coffees and baked good.
Lots of yummy vegan baked goods.

The address is:
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Lots of other exciting news to share as well, but that is for another blog post at a relatively sooner-than-later time.

Cheers and be safe.

Well, well, well...
Here we are. About a month and a half into our shelter-in-place orders here in the Bay Area. My family and I are good, hanging in amidst the strangeness, and I am managing to get some creative work done in between other work, childcare, and family responsibilities.

This will be a semi-short blog entry. Just felt like it was time to give a few updates on what is happening with my writing and music lately.

To begin, here is a new song I wrote about 4 days into the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders. I wrote it after a conversation with a friend who was having a tough time as this all began, worried about ailing parents and his own place in the world as this global crisis began rearing its ugly, relentless head.

​I wrote it inspired by my friend, but it is dedicated to all of us. Everywhere. Lullaby For The Anxious by David Edward Wagner And Speaking of Writing and Music.... I am excited about being almost complete of a TV pilot called The Brother's Blood. I have a completed Series Bible and a script into the Mid-Point (halfway through the story). It is an Urban Fantasy/Crime genre piece. It is fun with a mythology's worth of potential.

Also, I am working not he Second Draft of a new novel, The Swill. I have been working on this a couple years now but finally getting focused on completing the second draft. It is a Science/Speculative Fiction novel about androids hooked on a highly-addictive oil-based drug and the remnants of human society trying to survive the over-run streets.

Lastly, with writing, I am touching up a script called Retreat for the marketplace. It was recently a semi-finalist in Fresh Voices competition and I am working on a few points to sharpen it up. It is a Thriller about a group of women at a writer's retreat in the Alaskan wilderness. Needless to say, things get desperate when they lose all power and run out of supplies in the middle of a massive blizzard. Excitement and drama.

Musically, I am working on an album for kids featuring some brand new original songs by my good ol' self as well as classic, beloved kids songs. This will be awesome and I will be announcing release date and info as soon as it is closer to time.

That's enough, I suppose. A few other things here and there in various states of being, but nothing to mention here and now. #element-e146b511-6b56-4931-b61f-312f009923ca .colored-box-content { clear: both; float: left; width: 100%; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -ms-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #76cae9; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -moz-border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px; -moz-border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -moz-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; -moz-border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;} I have been freelancing on Upwork and I am currently accepting writing projects in the following areas:
Developmental Editing, Content Editing, Dialog Punch Ups, Polishing/Trimming/Tightening an existing draft

Flexible Rates for your budget. Contact here or at Upwork.
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https://www.upwork.com/fl/davidw Well, That's All Folks.
Thanks for stopping by and reading this. It is appreciated.
Trying to get back in the habit of doing this regularly but we'll see how that holds up. Certainly enough going on to write more, having a very productive year or so and making some headway in the business of writing. A couple more corners to turn...

​Cheers and Best To You,
David Edward Wagner

A Quick Couple While I was Away ​Ah yes, that's right. I have a blog. And I say and show things sometimes. 
No need to say much, just throwing out there for you a couple of fine things that have happened for my writing lately.

First, I was named an official selection of the Beverly Hills Film Festival this year for my script "Role Of A Lifetime.". It was a great experience and I met some awesome writers, film makers, producers, and actors. Looking forward to going back in the future.

Here be I at the little event sign/photo op thing place... And just a couple of weeks ago I was named an official selection at the Cindependent Film Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio for my script "Dam!". It seems like a pretty awesome festival and I hope I can go, though life, of course, makes it challenging to do so.

Other than this, being a Wagner is dandy. My kid is great. My wife is wonderful. My writing is chugging along and getting back to routine again after a bit of time working in fits and starts. Fine tuning a few things for publication and marketing for my novels, some new screenplays doing their things on the paper and in my head, and working steady as a freelance editor and script doctor. I'm sure I could complain but it seems trite.

Be well. Write or draw or paint or sing or jam or do whatever your flavor is.
Be patient Persevere. Hope there's no typos.

Cheers.

David Edward Wagner Nominated For
​Several Awards at 2017 Oaxaca Film Festival This will be short but sweet with follow ups to come in the near future.

I am very excited today, I just received word this afternoon that my script, Dam!, has been nominated for several awards and has been named an "official selection" of the 2017 Oaxaca Film Festival.

The festival, taking place in October, is considered one of the Top 25 or Top 50 (depending on where you get your info) film festivals in the world. Either way, not bad. They have recently partnered with Sundance and they are growing every year.

I am truly honored to be up for the following awards and achievements:
- Official Selection
- Best Script
- Global Script Challenge Finalist
- Best "Stirring Character"

Not bad for a monster movie about a giant beaver.

In case you missed it, here is the official longline for the script.

​ Dam!
When military experiments go wrong, a college student home for spring break finds herself leading a motley group trying to stop a giant mutant beaver from destroying Toledo, Ohio. 

​I hope to have some updates and new blog posts as I prepare to travel to Mexico to take part in this fine film festival.

Thank you for your time and get back to work, you.

The More Things Change...
In the world: The presidential debates are heating up. Wow,  the GOP is a mess. Things in Turkey are interesting to say the least. A suicide bomber in Istanbul a couple weeks ago. More people got shot in America on a daily basis. Business as usual in this chaotic, but beautiful, little world.
On the playlist lately: a nice spell of The Lovin' Spoonful and Slade lately. I've been going back and forth across the two bands using John Sebastian's Darling Be Home Soon, a great song that Slade did a psychedelic cover of. 

​Been a while. The ol' blog has remained dusty for a few months but I am slowly crawling back to the short ramblings and blatant self-promotion inherent in the medium. Cheers.

Carving out time to write these past few months has been challenging but it has been happening. Doing some freelance editing to add to the kitty, while my main writing time has been focused on some major, major re-writes to a finished piece: the final final draft. That's exciting, and I am ready to get it put behind me so I can get back to my two upcoming series.

Series one, book one entitled, Swill, is about a man desperately trying to keep his daughter alive. Drug-fueled robots have wiped humanity out in their hive-minded obsession with manufacturing and taking their highly addictive grease-based drug, Swill. Peter, his daughter, Melody, and a small group of survivors, are fighting their way out of Philadelphia on their way to the New Jersey Harbor and, hopefully, on a big boat to the Caribbean. This story is planned as a duology.

Series Two is a multi-book epic, The Brothers Blood. This is the story of Omar and Theodore Blood, enforcers for a notoriously eccentric and reclusive criminal organization. The brothers love girls, weed, talking trash, and their mother. They've always followed their father's directive: don't kill, but don't be afraid to break a few bones if duty calls. Things get more complicated when their employer asks them to steal an ancient map from a collection in Berkeley, California. Soon, Omar and Theo find themselves deep in a world they never knew existed. This is planned as a six book series, containing both novels and novellas. 

I have a finished first draft of book one of The Brothers Blood, and I am about 60% done with the first draft of Swill. I will keep updating the status as I move forward.

​Besides writing, this is what I have been doing.
Michael Jiwan Wagner's first birthday party, December 17th, 2015. A groovy time was had by all.
​A Few Things For The Writerly Among Us. Here and there, I'll be posting some random information or helpful resources for writers. A final word. Whether you're a novelist, a screenwriter, a musician, an artist, a dancer, or whatever, if you want to take your creative endeavors to the next level, you have to work on it every day. No matter what. Even if it's only for five minutes sometimes, you need to take those five minutes. Write notes, spell check and edit, organize, do a spot of research, post something online: To make a space for yourself in the crowded creative markets these days, you can't forget to keep up with all the other things necessary besides just writing painting, or rehearsing. Somedays, its going to be a five minute dusting of editing or research, but don't discount the importance of those five minutes. Do it. Don't quit.

You should write everyday for as many hours as you can. That is the baseline. Life makes its own plans though, so get done what you can by any means.

Good luck.

Anchors No More: Time Travel Excitement At Its Best
What can two scientists do when a test run of their time travel device lands them in prison, charged with treason by a government hell-bent on exploiting their technology for nefarious purposes.Well, the first thing Holly Marshall and Gary Neff can do is run for their lives.
​Second, they can fight back.

Joining forces with a ragtag team of fugitive research scientists, Holly and Gary must figure out their next move before government forces, led by Colonel Tobias Vanderhoff, catch up with them.

Riviting action, brisk pace, and sympathetic characters highlight the latest speculative science fiction novel by David Edward Wagner. Wagner's humor, philosophy, and ongoing interests in organic technology, political maneuvering, and possible futures weave throughout a fun, fast paced, Saturday matinee rollercoaster of a story where not only the lives of our heroes are threatened, but the stability of existence itself.

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Anchors No More: Time Travel Excitement At Its Best
What can two scientists do when a test run of their time travel device lands them in prison, charged with treason by a government hell-bent on exploiting their technology for nefarious purposes.

Well, the first thing Holly Marshall and Gary Neff can do is run for their lives.
​Second, they can fight back.

Joining forces with a ragtag team of fugitive research scientists, Holly and Gary must figure out their next move before government forces, led by Colonel Tobias Vanderhoff, catch up with them.

Riviting action, brisk pace, and sympathetic characters highlight the latest speculative science fiction novel by David Edward Wagner. Wagner's humor, philosophy, and ongoing interests in organic technology, political maneuvering, and possible futures  weave throughout a fun, fast paced, Saturday matinee rollercoaster of a story where not only the lives of our heroes are threatened, but the stability of existence itself.

PICK YOURS UP TODAY in paperback, hardcover, and/or ebook at the following fine, fine establishments:

SMASHWORDS (all digital formats): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

BARNES & NOBEL (Nook):
​http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ancho...

AMAZON (Kindle and Paperback):
http://www.amazon.com/Anchors-More-Da...

KOBO (ebook):
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebo...

LULU (hardcover) (limited time on sale @ 25% off): http://www.lulu.com/shop/david-edward...

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In the world: Istanbul is alive with the thrills of early summer. A bit rainy but the rain brought the cool which is good for humid ol' Istanbul. The Presidential elections are over here and I am happy to say that the Kurdish-centric HDP party made some inroads into policy making governmental bodies. This is undoubtedly a good thing. In the USA, the next cycle of Presidential elections are just heating up. It is like a dog fight. What do you think? Hillary? Bernie? Where is Nader? How come all the people who should do the job either will not run or just do not really stand a chance. Ahhhh, politics. Enough of that. In other world news, hey, what a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, I wrote a song about an alligator for my son. 
On the playlist lately: scattered things, nowhere near as methodical of a listening routine as I usually have. Some Harry Nilsson. Wow,  I can't wait until my kid is old enough to watch The Point. Also jamming out to some Fred Neil and Greg Brown. A little Cuban music to shake the dust off.From Brain to Paper and Other Metaphysical Impossibilities.Anyone who has ever written anything knows what this is all about. There is something in your head and you have to write it down or type it out or communicate it to someone who is going to write it or type it for you. It is there and then you go to perform the action, the phenomenon of turning the intangible thought into a tangible series of meaningful symbols and then... you stop... you stare... maybe your pen drums on the paper or your fingertips tap and hover over the keyboard... you know what to say, you know how to say it, you have been thinking of it for a while now. But... you can't... s#*t.

A couple of phrases instantly come to my thoughts. One is "overthinking it," another is "trying too hard," while a third is "in the zone." As to streamline this blog post here, let's just look at each of these ideas in relation to the phenomenon of "Why can't I just write what I'm thinking? Ahhhhhh, it's making me crazy..."

First, OverThinking.
Overthinking. Don't do it. Not when you are writing. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, as an independent author/publisher/entrepreneur, you need to carve your time up into specifically focused chunks. This means you need to balance your time and energy between several important tasks: 1. Writing, 2. Editing 3. Marketing 4. Research 5.Promotion

The time for thinking/overthinking is when you are researching, promoting, editing. But certainly not when you are writing. When you are writing, don't overthink. Heck, don't think at all. Just act. Do. Write. Write good lines. Write bad lines. Don't worry about good or bad either way. Just do it. Be one with the Tao (if you understand). 

Taoist philosophy is built from a principle of non-action. This means, essentially, do not overthink, do not remain attached to your actions or the results of your actions. Just do. Act without trying to act. Act without concern to act. Let it flow from instinct, from momentum, from necessity. So, simply, just write.

If you are worrying about what you cannot do, you are to writing. If you worry about other things you have to do, you are to writing. If you worry about the next chapter, the right spelling, the right word, the right timing or chapter length or name or classification or.... if you are overthinking you are not writing. Don't think about it all too much and slow your roll or de-rail your train, just write. Editing and fretting about it comes later. Now, just take your head out of the equation and there is no fear or having it in the way of your creation.

Second, Trying Too Hard.
Trying to hard? Shoving instinctual square pegs into conventional round holes? Forcing cleverness or hacking into plots with a dull machete? Don't do it. Trying too hard has never gotten anyone anyplace except for in some form of trouble. You want to try, of course, it is not always going to be easy and no book have ever actually written itself. You need to try with all you heart all the time and, even more, you need to try hard. That's right. You need to push yourself and stretch your limits, you need to sweat and bleed and ache and feel that buzzing electric tingle in you brain when you have pushed yourself through some mental or physical barrier. You need to try hard for your art, whether it be writing or painting or music or what-have-you: if it means something to you then you need to try hard for it and because of it. BUT... 

But 'trying' and 'trying hard' are much, much more than just a word or two away from 'trying too hard.'  'Trying too hard' is a completely different beast, ball game, or concept (choose your own metaphor). Trying too hard comes when you're dried up, out of options and inspiration. It is not imaginative work, it is desperate work. There is an old idea that basically says, "If you have to force it, it should probably just let it be." Well, that is pretty good advice. Especially in writing. If you think you have writers block, you probably don't. You're just trying to hard. You need to walk it off, close your notebook or file for a while, take a break, work on something else, go on vacation, take notes, do something else, something else, something else. Sometimes your brain needs to step back to see the whole picture. Likewise, if you are stuck in a scene or unable to work out particular details, quit panicking and do not try TOO hard. Just chill, take a break, take notes, jot down ideas, go someplace else and write, or simply write something out that will get you from A to B and get yourself back on track. Make notes that you will fix this 'stand-in part' later and move forward, get to the end and look at it all. Then you are in a good position to see exactly what you want to say,

It is easy to see how your own head limits your ability to always write out exactly what is on your mind. Life is busy and full of distractions, details are sometimes fuzzy when you are creating a whole fictional world, and we all have our own limitations concerning time, energy, focus, experience, and resources. However, sometimes things click, sometimes you are a creative force of nature. Those times, you are in that wonderful state known as 'In The Zone.'

Third, In The Zone
Yes, this is what we were waiting for. That sweet spot. That blissful flow of non-action where you are not thinking, you are not planning, you are not concerned with result or amount or correct spelling, grammar, or punctuation. You are only writing. You are coming as close as possible to perfection in the moment, your fingers working at the speed of mind, no filter, no second-guessing or double-checking. Just working. Just writing. In the flow, in the zone.

Returning to Taosit philosophy, we can say that when this happens, you are experiencing Wu Wei: a pure state of non-action. Taoists compare the state of Wu Wei to the planets in their orbit around the sun. They just do it. There is no conscious control or attempts to regulate or guide, the planets simply follow the state of effortless effort, moving in the simplest motions within their natural flow. The key concept of Wu Wei is action devoid of struggle or excessive effort. It means to just do and release, do and release. Picture a baseball game where a batter hits a hard line drive. The outfielder instinctively dives through the air and makes an amazing, acrobatic catch. That is non-action. That is just directed active reaction. If the ball player would have thought about it and made a conscious plan to leap and make that impossible catch, there is no way he (or she) could have actually done it. It wasn't thought, it wasn't planning, it was simply doing. Effortless in that it is not forced, it is spontaneous.

That is the state you want to cultivate in your creative time. Just create, fall into the zone, work yourself there, train yourself to let go and just slam out the words and ideas. The more you write, the easier it becomes to disappear into the flow. That's what practice is. That's what rehearsal is. That's what training is. It all comes down to teaching the body and mind to understand the flow of the work on a cellular and unconscious level. Muscle memory. Instinct. In writing, this is part of what you conjuring with your first draft.

Editing comes later. Second guessing choices comes later. Changing plots, characters, directions, scenes or story occurrences comes later. It all comes later. First draft just write. Forward motion. Let story and plot points evolve as you go. Do not go back to change them, just let the inconsistencies stand in the draft until you finish and begin the second draft. Take notes, of course take notes and jot things down to remember your reasons and motivations for changing things, but do not waste forward momentum to do the changes until you get from A to Z, i.e. from beginning to the end.

Sure, sometimes, you need to clean things up, do some edits before you charge on just to get your head straight. I know that. I do that myself. But this is more general. A general state of mind. Always write the first draft with perpetual forward motion as your goal. Write to get into the zone. Write to dip into the flow and just create. The more you write, the easier it gets to become lost in the flow. Effort produces effortlessness. A Taoist contradiction that stands as a metaphysical challenge to the author, artist or spiritual pilgrim.

All truths, all beautiful ideas, become contradictions when explored metaphysically.

This is an absolute, and absolutes are things I try to avoid because they are rarely if ever true in any meaningful way. This claim, however, I will stand behind. And I invite your comments and thoughts on the subject. And, of course, on the subjects discussed above. Thank you and get to work.

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To find out more, check out: http://samiesands.com.
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25122990-forgotten
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A bit about Samie Sand:
 Lockdown is the first book in the AM13 series.
Since its publication, Samie has released its sequel, Forgotten.
Both books are available through
Triplicity Publishing. She is currently at work on the 3rd and final installment. 

Aside from her novels, she has had a number of articles published in e-zines including a breakout piece in Zombie Guide Magazine. Samie has also published a number of short stories in a variety of successful anthologies.And here's our little sit-down with Samie Sands.

DWM: Hey Samie. Let's start off with a little summary of who you are. How long have you been writing? What kind of interests do you have?

SS: Until recently, I spent my career as a graphic designer, but I read a lot and always wanted to try my hand at writing. Over time I started to develop the idea for Lockdown (the first book in the AM13 series) which puts Leah – a girl-next-door type with absolutely no necessary skills into the middle of the zombie apocalypse. In my mind, the story line developed around her and it got to a point where I just had to write it down and give it a go!

DWM: What genre do you usually write in?

SS: I usually write in the horror genre because I think it’s interesting to see how people change, develop and react when they are pushed to their absolute limits by the situations they find themselves in. You can really get into a character’s head by testing them in terrible ways.

DWM: What's the story behind your latest book? What is it about?

SS: Forgotten is the second book in the AM13 series and it goes deeper into the zombie apocalypse, introducing new characters as it does. There’s Ethan – the OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) suffer who struggles with everyday life. His journey into this new world is tougher than most!

Then there’s Alyssa, who is an over confident teenager. She is certain that she can survive, even if everyone around her won’t. Dr. Jones is the third most prominent new character and he’s under pressure to find a cure and end the entire thing.

This book is written in a different style to Lockdown but it still centre’s around normal people trying to survive. There isn’t the typical badass characters that survive with ease because they know exactly what they’re doing.

DWM: What is the most challenging part of writing this kind of book?

SS: When I wrote Lockdown, I did it for myself and after that it got picked up by Triplicity Publishing who wanted to publish the series. Writing Forgotten was much more challenging because I knew for certain that it was going to end up in the public eye! The added pressure made it very difficult.

DWM: What about writing in general? What is your writing process?

SS: As with most authors, I have other responsibilities so it’s all about finding time and hoping that writers block doesn’t strike! The best thing for me to do is have a notebook with me at all times so I can write down any ideas, so I don’t forget them.

DWM: What do you find to be the best parts of writing and being a writer?

SS: I really enjoy writing. I think the fear of failure held me back for a long time, but now that I’ve started I couldn’t stop. I enjoy creating books that I would like to read, which might sound a bit strange, but for a huge reader like myself, it means that there’s a good chance something very similar hasn’t been written before.

DWM: Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?

SS: The first story I wrote was actually Lockdown. Since then I’ve also been involved in a lot of short story anthologies which are also a lot of fun. They introduce the characters quicker and are much more action packed because of the lack of words.

 DWM: What is the most important thing that people DON'T know about your subject/genre, that they need to know?

SS: I think most people assume apocalyptic books are going to be all action and gore, and they often use military language that a lot of us don’t understand. I try to inject humour in my books and characters that are frustratingly real. What they do might be annoying at times…but let’s face it, none of us would act exactly as we needed to all the time in a zombie apocalypse!

DWM: When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?

SS:  I’m constantly reading! But I also love horror films and anime series.

DWM: What are you working on next?

SS: I am currently writing the third and final book in the AM13 series…the one to end it all! It’s shaping up to be quite an exciting story.

DWM: How do you deal with writer’s block?

SS: Writers block is endlessly frustrating, but there is no point in even attempting to write when you have it because the end result will be poor and a waste of time. I actually catch up on everything else in my life so when I can get back to writing, it’s with a clear, calmer head.

DWM: If you have any advice to give someone just starting out with their career as a professional writer, what is it?

SS: Don’t give up. You’ll not only get rejections, but bad reviews and negative feedback. You can’t write something that everyone in the whole world will like, that’s just impossible! So don’t let it get to you, and never give up!

Before you go: this is kinda funny.
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David Edward Wagner

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