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From Blog to Book

Hey everyone. I recently announced that I was done working on Dante’s Optimism. Will I ever go back? Will it be repurposed? I don’t know yet. But, I had wanted
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No more lighting in the church

Hello everybody. Since 2010, I’ve been on a journey. A journey I didn’t know or think I’d embark on in my life. I’ve been doing lighting for a long time
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Culture is important to me

When I was a boy, I- I’m just playing; I don’t have a corny intro like that. Seriously though, culture is important to me. I’ve spent years dealing with dysfunction,
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Lighting Tips Series coming soon

Periscope, here I come! Soon, I’ll be launching an ongoing series where I simply share my tips and advice on lighting. Some early topics I plan on talking about: Dealing
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I would have liked to be part of an arraigned marriage

Arraigned marriages. Or being able to choose your mate. I think, mainly because I’m a little lazy, I would have liked for someone to be picked out for me from
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My Sixth Sense

I guess we have them. There’s this extra sense about things in this world that we have. I know I have one. After studying myself for the past 5 years,
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Hello, Dalanel

Hey, It’s Dante. Dante Nelson. I’ve been away for a while. During my time away, I’ve been thinking about my blogging career and online presence. I really did some thinking
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Trying a new Twitter and Periscope posting strategy

Hey, so most of you know that I favor Twitter more than the rest of my social interactions. So, I’ve recently been just looking over my Twitter and Periscope. Uh,
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Last Month for Interpretations & Illustrations

Interpretations & Illustrations was a book I wrote and published back in 2012. This book was a combination of two other books I wrote and published, called Spiritual Interpretations and
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How Kindle and CreateSpace’s changes affect my book

Sigh. In June 2017, I talked about how Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform was beginning to allow authors to create paperback versions of their books. As you probably know, Kindle
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