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Secrets of Retail is 7 years old!

Posted on by J.W. Martin

May 10, 2017 is the 7th anniversary of the day I self-published Secrets of Retail (my first novel).

Right. So. How do I feel about this? Conflicted.

Since then, I’ve self-published another book and done lots and lots of practice writing. A few novels. Some crashed and burned mid draft. One made it all the way through, but now that it’s done, I’m not sure I’m crazy about it.

Could many of these be saved? Sure. Will they be saved? I’m not sure. Most of them didn’t have any kind of healthcare to begin with. Since then they’ve signed up with Trump’s new system, but since most of them have pre-existing conditions they’re kind of screwed.

Other works includes various short stories, writing prompts and this very blog that you’re reading right now.

Honestly, I’ve never really stopped working, but I do sometimes wish I had kept my foot more solidly on the gas pedal.

But enough of that talk. If there’s one thing I’ve learned listening to motivational speeches on youtube it’s to always look forward. And don’t make excuses. And work your butt off. And…

Okay, so there are a lot of things I learned. No matter. The work continues!

Also, in celebration of SoR’s birthday, my latest book Living Legend will be free in eBook form for the day. Enjoy!

P.S. Here’s one of my favorite motivation videos/speeches. Fair warning, it contains strong language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAKw9aZu1E

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F is for FA, a long long way to run

Posted on by J.W. Martin

I’m not an expert on the sport/hobby of running. And what I’ve learned over years of off and on running is that no one is an expert. When it comes to running, particularly correct form, no one knows what they hell they’re talking about.

Sure, that sounds cynical, but I don’t mean it that way.

There’s an entire spectrum of opinions out there, all based on running, and all of them are right, but they’re also wrong. Confused? Me too.

An expert in his field, respected by all of his peers, may step forward and say that forefoot running in the only proper way for human beings to run. It’s the way the body was meant to work. Any other way is against the human design.

Like any man of reason, he will have various sources of proof that all support his theory.

Another expert in her field, respected by her peers, could then step forward and say that mid foot running is the only proper way. It’s how the body was meant to work. Anything else is against blah, blah, blah.

As a woman of reason, she’ll have plenty of proof.

So with all that data to prove they’re both right, how could either be wrong? Don’t expect me to go into an answer, cause I don’t know. Both are smarter than I am, so who am I to say which is wrong?

The only theory that makes sense to me is that what works for one will not work for another. A percentage of runners will find best results and comfort with forefoot. Others will find their zone in mid foot. There’s still heel-toe, barefoot and other styles of running that I haven’t heard of or haven’t been invented yet.

They’ll all work, for someone. Try it all and keep with what hurts the least.

What will tomorrow’s post be? G, I wonder…