There's an old adage that says "don't judge a book by it's cover." It's good advice, unfortunately the truth is in the publishing world, and on the market, EVERYBODY judges a book by it's cover at the beginning. I just spent the last week working on a cover design, and hopefully it'll stand out for my book. A lot of people don't know what goes into a good cover design, and unfortunately, what you see coming out from the presses, especially the self published book crowd is a lot of poorly...

For the last month I've been working on the final formatting challenges of my soon to be published book, Jackfruit. Man, what grueling ride! Writing a book definitely isn't for everyone, especially this 427 page opus. I think one of the things I've learned in the process is to never underestimate how long something worthwhile in your life can take you to complete. If you're interested in a try before you buy, kick the tires, see what it's like, I've released the ebook version of my book, one of...

So, I recently finished up a meeting with a very small, select group of people whom I can only call, Adventurers. One is a man who is walking around the world. Another one's sailed from the Arctic to the Antarctic circles. Another one likes to climb the highest mountains. Folks in this forum who are familiar with me know that I've bicycled across continents through rarely traveled, and desolate places.

Anyway, I went to the meeting wondering about just how large the group was, and...

I finally caved into it. I finally did it. In a mad, mad world, I put my work of nonfiction up, the thrilling recount of my 2001-2002 expedition through South and Central America up, for free for you readers to download and enjoy. So, why am I doing this? Why, after 7 years of hard work, sweat, tears, surviving the expedition in the first place, then attempting to put it into written word that would entertain, enthrall, and enlighten, would I EVER decide to give this away for FREE?!! Have I lost...

The first step of the quest to become a published author, is to find a literary agent! But where to begin in THAT quest?

My new mini-series.

Holy.

I just finished the 4th round edits to the manuscript, and I just realized, that the Central America section alone that I posted to the blog, is 175 pages worth of printed material.

I think I'm gonna be good for a while...

The manuscript is 324 pages. Sections are North America (the beginning, the origins of my soul searching journey), Peru (where I got sucked into the great mystery), Bolivia (where I learned more about the mystery, and got sucked...

The "I" Did Not Know
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David E.X.N. Nghiem
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I biked up the steep hill overlooking a large ranch. There was a sign...

Dog Attacks
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David E.X.N. Nghiem
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Taiwanese Headhunters Turned Evangelical Christians
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David E.X.N. Nghiem
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“Uno!” yelled Kerry, as he slapped down...