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Catching Up As We Gladly Exit the Fun House Mirror of 2021

December 7, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I apologize for getting lost. No good reason, just a barrel of feeble excuses. Like much of the world, I’ve been running sideways, backward, two steps forward, ducking, and hopping erratically depending on the how reality dictates. Time to at least get somewhat caught up. In no particular order: Been busy on a variety of […]

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Filed Under: Charity and Good Deeds, New Books and Screenplays, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Writing

Second Interview with Ed Molitor’s “The Athletics of Business”

June 25, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It’s always nice to be a guest on someone’s show, especially so when you are asked back a second time. Following my recent return to Chicago-based Ed Molitor’s interview program, here is the link: https://theathleticsofbusiness.com/podcasts/with-ted-simendinger2/ We covered many topics, including Managing the Worry Circle, pro selling, story construction and my writing process, plus the great […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills, Mindfulness, Pro Selling, Sales, Storytelling, Training & Teaching, Writing

Current Writing Projects

August 24, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Three Books, One Movie in the Works In between global Zoom seminars to help people manage their Worry Circles, I am pushing forward with three book projects and a motion picture comedy. I guess this is the upside of being somewhat sequestered in my writing room, watching hummingbirds as pandemic days slowly creep by. All […]

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Filed Under: Writing

Midwest Book Review: “Portable Dad”

June 5, 2015 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

June 5, 2015 MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW by Andy Jordan, Andy’s Bookshelf Reviewer’s Bookwatch: June 2015 James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review “Portable Dad” by Ocean Palmer 9780976548546 $12.95 www.amazon.com <http://www.amazon.com> “Portable Dad: Stuff to Know Without the Lecture” is a compilation of self-help advice from seminar teacher Ocean Palmer. Portable Dad isn’t specifically a […]

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Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays, Writing

How to Name a Story

June 2, 2015 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The reader hook starts with a title, so here are five tips for how to write a good one. 1. Know your audience of one. Your ‘audience of one’ is the precise target your work is written for. You never want to write horizontally, which means hoping your piece will appeal to everyone. It very […]

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Filed Under: Writing

A New Year’s Resolution for All: Resolve to Stop Using These Words!

December 30, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Earlier this month Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, from its home base midway between the bright lights of New York City and the state capitol of Albany in scenic Poughkeepsie, surveyed nearly 1,200 adults to find out which word irritates them most. The winner . . . by a landslide . . . is […]

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Filed Under: Humor, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Writing

7 Tips for Writing A (Good) Short Film

September 3, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the wonderful joys of an affordable digital camera is the opportunity it brings for anyone with ambition and an idea to film his or her own movie short. A friend of mine teaches a cinematography class and his student currently face their final exam, the culmination of the program curriculum: combining everything they […]

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Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays, The Creative Process, Writing

A Peek Behind “The Raven of St. James’s Park” Movie Deal

January 21, 2013 by Ocean Palmer 1 Comment

I optioned a movie recently and for that you can blame Bulova, the old watch maker. On July 1, 1941 they paid $9 to run the first television commercial broadcast in the United States. Because of that I love movies. A New York station, WNBT, ran the ad before a baseball game between the Brooklyn […]

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Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays, The Creative Process, Writing

“We Got to Play Baseball” Now in eBook Format

September 28, 2012 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

978-1-61897-983-4sample As baseball’s regular season winds down, “We Got to Play Baseball” (60 Stories from Men Who Played the Game) is now available in eBook format. To download a sample, including chapter one, click the hot link to the left (978-xxx). To order, simply click either link on the final sample page. Included in the […]

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Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays, Writing

Ocean Palmer’s 20 Keys to Better Writing

August 8, 2012 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

About every three weeks I am contacted by an aspiring writer searching for advice in advance of writing a story or book. Since it is easy to write but hard to write well, here are 20 things I suggest they consider: Have a voice. Do not copy someone else’s style. Find your voice; and once […]

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Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays, Writing

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