Redacted Department of Justice Affidavit Shows New Details in Trump Search and Seizure at Mar-a-Lago
Today, the Department of Justice released a heavily redacted affidavit by order of Federal Judge, Bruce Reinhart. In the documentation, it explains what they found and where along with witness statements which helped the Department of Justice get a search warrant August 8, 2022 for Donald Trump’s Florida golf resort, Mar-a-Largo. Though the sensitive information, namely details about witnesses and critical investigative information that if released could impede the Department of Justice, is censored it’s the most information the public has regarding the events leading up to the FBI’s raid.
Read full storyTexas State Government's Deluge of Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation Dead
It has been a wild ride for the notoriously GOP held state of Texas regarding their battle against the LGBTQIA+ adults, youth, and families who support their loved ones. Once again in the news, Texas’ government has sought to further solidify their stance on the sanctity of marriage and it being between a man and a woman. The basis on this stance is via biblical standing and feelings. To fully understand the hardships those within the community face it is imperative that we understand the turbulent history.
Read full storyStudent Loan Debt Forgiveness? Who Will President Biden's Plan Help?
Today President Biden announced his administration’s proposed plan to forgive millions of past and present student’s loan debts. In his detailed plan, people who borrowed money that earns less than $125,000 a year or families who bring in less than $250,000 a year would be eligible for $10,000 in loan forgiveness. Those who received Pell Grants need more financial help, so the government would forgive an extra $10,000 bringing the total to $20,000 for grant recipients.
Read full storyAffected by the Severe Texas Flooding? Here's What You Need to Know
Governor Greg Abbott is asking all Texas residents who are victims of the flooding to report their damages to the state as they need these numbers to petition the federal government for declaration of federal disaster. This declaration would allow FEMA to give funds to those affected for repairs.
Read full storyEmbattled Dallas Attorney is Sentenced
A judge sentenced a local Dallas attorney to five years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to launder money. An undercover DEA agent ended up giving, Rayshun Jackson, 52, over $300,000 that Jackson said he could launder for him. Jackson suspected that the money was from drug trafficking and went through the process, over a period of several days, to deposit the funds into various firm bank accounts. When the money posted, he then transferred the funds into the DEA agent’s account.
Read full storyLate to the Game: Dialogue and Action Tags
Join me as I share lessons from my journey as a middle aged newbie writer to published author.Keira Lane. There are basic rules to writing dialogue well and it is noticed when you don’t use them correctly by readers. It can make you look less competent and put readers off your book entirely. Wrongly used tags look highly amateurish, too.
Read full storyLate to the Game: World-building
Join me as I share lessons from my journey as a middle aged newbie to published authorKeira Lane. World-building is the basis of the landscapes your characters will explore, will help set the tone of your story, its themes, etc. The reason for World-building is to give the story more structure and an actual place for things to happen. You need to start by setting rules and boundaries for this world. If it is based in a real world setting then the rules, while already apparent to the reader, still will need to be fleshed out and set up. If you choose to do a fictional world, the rules can be and often are different because you have more freedom to experiment with concepts. When you know the external and internal conflicts your protagonists and antagonists will have, you can apply these things to the world in which they live.
Read full storyLate to the Game: Tropes and Cliches
Sharing my journey going from utter newbie to published author.Keira Lane. Tropes are the structural backbone of your story and part of your basic world building in that they are the rules you are setting for how your story will play out. Nothing is original, and each genre has its list of cliches and tropes. Some are more accepted than others. It’s important to think outside your genre’s trope box. We expect tropes while we moderately accept cliches depending on the cliche. Don’t shy away from using them. Readers are well prepared for them and it kind ties the reader into the story.
Read full storyLate to the Game: Point of View
If you have missed previous articles as I share my journey, never fear! They are here and posted.Keira Lane. The three primary types of point of view you’ll find are: first person, second person, and third person.
Read full storyLate to the Game: Active vs Passive Voice
Writing in Active voice is essential to creating strong prose and effectively communicating with the readers. Sadly, we’re not taught in grade school what active voice is and how to write in it because they predominately used it for non-scientific writing. They geared our schooling to academic writing and so that is what we learned.
Read full storyLate to the Game: Titles, Word Count, Genre, and Everything in Between
Join me as we continue our journey on learning the absolute basics to writingKeira Lane. Titles, Word Count, Genre, and Everything in Between. Word count differs from genre to genre (65k to 150k word count)
Read full storyLate to the Game: Writing Basics From a Middle Aged Writer- Where to Start?
Join me as I share lessons from my journey as a middle aged new authorKeira Lane. Find a time that works best for you and try to make it a habit. Often, people struggle with how to write. It honestly boils down to just a handful of things. First, having an idea, no matter how vague or absurd you might think it is, just having this is a big part of the battle. When you take this idea and manipulating and growing it, you will know pretty quickly if it is going to be a worthy idea with substance to build off.
Read full storyWhat's Next for Texas Weather?
Texas is the perfect example of the climate crisis and how it affects not just each individual be it cost of electricity or simply going outside. This year, Texas has seen the worst drought since 2011-2012 though not yet peak 2011 drought levels and July ended in the number two position in being the warmest of any month here on record.
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