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Excerpt from The End of Childhood First Draft
"Nothing in the Game of Houses is certain and nothing is forever. The only guarantee is we all die someday." I still remember the first time I heard that - Scimtar himself said it to me while training me as...
Best Gutpunches in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Let's try to do this as spoiler-free as possible. A gutpunch is pretty much the opposite of a cliffhanger. It's a one-liner or short action in a story that turns the entire thing on its head. Many science fiction shorts...
Excerpt from Work in Progress: The Price of Power
Why would someone capable of the standard brun masking be using a mindbomb instead? I asked Ghost Uncle, Do they want to be found - eventually? Good question, and a reasonable hypothesis, if we are dealing with the same person....
You're Not Arguing Science, You're Preaching Religion
Last week, I followed the Facebook page of an author I once used to respect. After three days where literally every post - roughly 10-12 - had lengthy screeds against those of differing political persuasion, I dropped him. If...
Top Ten Reasons You Bought The Wrong House
About a month ago, I wrote Top Ten Reasons Your Home Isn't Selling. It was well received so I thought I'd take it from the buyer's perspective. Once again, I'll try to inject as much humor as I can....
Top Ten Reasons Your Home Isn't Selling
No, I'm not a David Letterman watcher, for reasons having to do with turning into a pumpkin before his show starts. I'm going to treat it a little more seriously than he does, as this is a serious subject,...
April 2008: Why Loan Rates Are Cheap
Despite all the hype, rates (or, actually, the tradeoff between rate and cost) are pretty darned good right now. I'm at home right now, but yesterday, for someone with average credit (national median) and 20% down payment or equity, I...
Translation: Salesgoodspeakian to English
It may not come as a shock to you, but loan officers, along with many other salesfolk, speak a different language than the rest of the population. What will probably annoy you, however, is the number of times they'll say...
ALWAYS Be Ready to Show (or At Least Willing)!
I just went out looking at properties for clients. It's still a very strong buyer's market. From the showing attitudes I got, though, you'd think it was still 2003 and sellers were lords of the earth, not in a buyer's...
Hello and Welcome!
Welcome to Dan Melson's San Diego Real Estate and Mortgage Tips Website. I've been running Searchlight Crusade for about a year, and it's up to getting an average of over 2000 visits per day due to the fact that I...
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