MARK LANDON JARVIS TREASURE TROVE What's New? The days are getting shorter. I know, not much of a newsflash, but easy to notice if you're outside much (and difficult to accept if you dread winter like me). More importantly, you may notice that this issue of the Treasure Trove is ON THURSDAY and also A WEEK EARLY. Why, you might ask? If anyone's in the greater Wichita, KS, area, I wanted you to have a week's notice so you would join me in attending... Wichita Authors Open Mic Night When:...
30 days ago • 1 min read
MARK LANDON JARVIS TREASURE TROVE I got sidetracked. Again. This newsletter was supposed to arrive yesterday. Thursday. Treasure Trove is allegedly a Thursday newsletter, although recent evidence suggests Thursday is less a publication date and more a philosophical position. I had every intention. Then I got sidetracked. Not doing nothing, mind you. That's the aggravating part. I was working. I've been testing advertising for my books. Learning things. Watching numbers. Making notes. Changing...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
MARK LANDON JARVIS Treasure Trove NEWSLETTER It's like showing up at the beach in your dress clothes, but there's no wedding here. It's shocking to encounter school bell traffic and see so many school supplies in stores. (One of my kids has a friend whose passion is collecting school supplies--hope she becomes a teacher some day.) August feels familiar. I’m the thing that’s out of place. But what a sweet place to find myself in! Creative Cross-Training I write full-time. I've written yards of...
2 months ago • 2 min read
MARK LANDON JARVIS TREASURE TROVE Have trouble starting something? Count it down. No, not months ahead of time with a countdown clock--though that is motivational, too. I'm suggesting you simply give yourself a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown, then GO on zero. Do something. Anything toward the objective. It's the easiest, cheesiest tool in my box, but it works. Why does it work? I dunno, but I think starting is the hardest part. Let me know your successes with this. Try it once today. Hit reply and tell...
6 months ago • 2 min read
MARK LANDON JARVIS Treasure Trove Newsletter Great news in Science-Fiction and a Freebie just for you. What's Up? Spring Break. Let me first say, it ain't what it used to be. My Spring Break has been doctor's appointments and handyman work around the house. No Cabo or Daytona for this old man. Spring Break has afforded me the luxury of sleeping in until 7am, a time or two. On a subzero, wind-chill morning, I didn’t feel guilty about skipping the walk with my beagle. That’s the full extent of...
7 months ago • 2 min read
MARK LANDON JARVIS Brave Tomorrows, Together YESTERDAY was my two week's notice. That is, yesterday I was to hit send on my (sometimes) fortnightly newsletter. Friends tell me to set an alarm in my calendar. (That would require me to remember something else to do!) My wife tells me to pull my head out of....the sand. Anyway, here's the latest installment. AUDIO BOOKS There's no reason you should know/care about this particularly, since you're likely a consumer and not a producer of audio...
10 months ago • 4 min read
Author newsletters need to be more honest. Writing's difficult and lonely. It's worth it when you read this newsletter. (I need a graphic artist!) This is the second Thursday in January '25 and a long while since my last newsletter was issued. I welcome myself back. I welcome you back. You'll want to read this one, click something. It'll make me feel good and you'll gain something for yourself along the way. [Gads, 50 words spent already!] I don't wrestle with many demons in my newsletter. I...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. –Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland An unconventional issue. I usually aim for brevity. At least I've kept it under 1000 words for the last several months, but since I'm late with this issue anyway, I'm going to just let it fly. Profanity I wrote a blog post about cursing, and it's gotten more buzz than most of what I write, so I here steer you to it, especially the 100's of you who are not aware of the website. In...
almost 2 years ago • 9 min read
TREASURE TROVE Mark Landon Jarvis Hello Reader! As my readership, you merit more. In these fortnightly missives, I need to provide added-value. I need to give you something to benefit from. Doubling down on that today. Potent Quote: Singer and songwriter Kim Gordon on the power of going for it: "People pay to see others believe in themselves." Source: The Guardian Related to that, I've spent four years stepping up, stepping out, "risking face" and spending endless hours trying to believe in...
about 2 years ago • 3 min read
