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In a world with so much suffering, in a world where few are happy and many are troubled, how can I be so concerned about myself? The world needs you, needs your love and sympathy and generosity. This site formerly called "The End is Near." While I still believe that, the new title is a response to that belief. This site is monitored by the federal government.

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Dream Journal

Dream Journal. This material is presented without copyright, for "fair use," whatever that is. Most recent dreams will appear first and the file will be reblogged whenever.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Dreams, Uncopyrighted Material Leave a comment August 19, 2022August 27, 2022 4 Minutes

The Ten Percent Solution

An argument in favor of making a commitment to charitable works. Ten percent is suggested but is not inherently part of the argument. This document is presented copyright-free for fair use in the hope that others will feel free to pass it along. The wording is my original expression of old thoughts.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Philosophy, Poverty, Prison Diary, Psychology, Self-guidance, Uncopyrighted Material Leave a comment May 13, 2022 2 Minutes

“She was angry.”

Stronger and more vivid writing requires a variety of tools or models of expression. Here’s a partial catalogue of models, based on the example sentence, “She was angry.”

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Alan Carl Nicoll Creativity, Novelist Notes, Uncopyrighted Material, Writing theory, Writing Tools Leave a comment April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 2 Minutes

Character Names, Expanded

Thirty-five new character names for adventures, like Noseworm, Twoo, Goober Hawking, and The Fartful Codger. Presented for fair use.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Creativity, Miscellaneous Nonfiction, Pathfinder RPG, Tasty Words, Uncopyrighted Material Leave a comment April 24, 2021April 25, 2021 1 Minute

Novel 2 exercise: no copyright, free to whoever wants it

“Damn it, there’s no sugar.”

Fred looked up from his smartphone.  “What, we’re out of sugar?”

“Yes.”  Nadia sat down at the dining room table and put her cup down.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Mature Adults Only, The Writing Life, Uncopyrighted Material, Writing Exercise Leave a comment May 2, 2018February 2, 2021 4 Minutes

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  • Home
    • Archive Index
    • Hemlock Club
    • Dream Journal
    • 2020: The Worst Year of My Life
    • About
      • Finding Oliver
      • Ingratitude
      • Three Oldsters on Thanksgiving
      • I am Racist, a chapter of Kick Me
      • Thoughts About Seventeen Dead Children
      • Kick Me, Part 3: I am the World’s Worst Clown
    • Doom, Camus, and Breakfast
  • Fiction, Misc.
    • Hap: The Story So Far
    • Hap the Crystalwright: Part One
    • Hap the Crystalwright, Part Two
    • Hap the Crystalwright, Part Three
    • Enchanted House
    • NO-SEE-UM
    • Classical Music We’ll Never Hear
  • Books, Reviews
    • The Stranger, by Albert Camus: A Consideration
    • My Best Books
    • Book Thoughts 1: Meaning of Life and Self Development, part 1
      • Book Thoughts 2: Meaning of Life and Self Development, part 2
      • Book Thoughts 3: Philosophy
      • Book Thoughts 4: Politics, Economics, History
      • Book Thoughts 5: Psychology, Mind, Human Nature
      • Book Thoughts 6: Novels and Plays
    • Four Books: Prison Diary
      • A Stack of Books: Prison Diary Excerpt
      • More Book Thoughts from My Prison Diary
      • Prison Diary: Books and More Books
      • Prison Diary: A Potpourri of Books
    • Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes and the Value of Literature: Prison Diary
    • Joseph Campbell: The Power of Myth (Prison Diary)
    • Dobyns on Metaphor, and Henry James. Prison Diary Extract
    • A Discussion of To Kill A Mockingbird
    • On Reading Charles Bukowski
    • Prison Diary: Hemingway’s “Macomber” Story
    • Email to a Classics Book Discussion Group
  • The Bleak Philosophy
    • The Ten Percent Solution
    • Getting Started in Philosophy
    • A Cog in the Machine
    • Philosophy Today: Diary 9/11 to 9/12/21
    • Epistemology: Models & Mysteries
    • Know Thyself: A Personal Essay
    • What is it Like to be Me?
    • Knowledge and “Christopher Columbus”
    • Religion, Morality, and the Meaning of Life: Prison Diary
  • On Writing
    • Astronomy for the Writer
    • Notes of a Novelist
    • Expressing Thoughts in Fiction
    • Metaphor Examples
    • “You Need an Angle”
    • The Subjective Microscope
    • “She was angry.”
    • Good Mornings
    • Character Names, Expanded
    • Tasty Words
      • Tasty Words: Other
      • Tasty Words: Verbs
      • Tasty Words: Nouns
    • Why I Write
  • Poetry
    • Recent Poems
    • Old Poems, Mostly Awful, and Thoughts about Poetry
    • Poetry Sketchbook
    • Amateur Haiku

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