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Take care of your Nissan with the right quality parts from Nissan Parts & Accessories in Albuquerque. Buy Nissan parts online and have them shipped right to you or pick them up at a nearby Albuquerque Nissan dealership. It's easy to get the parts your vehicle needs. Whether you order filters, tires, brake pads, wipers, bulbs, replacement trim, or an entire set of parts, you can feel confident that each OEM part is designed to complement your Nissan as it cruises down the road in Albuquerque. From engine bay to exhaust pipe, all genuine Nissan parts are custom-fitted, custom-designed, and durability-tested for your Nissan, and come with a Nissan-backed 12 month/12,000 mile (whichever occurs first) limited warranty (if installed by the dealer at the time of purchase).

What Nissan Replacement Parts Are Available in Albuquerque, NM?

High-quality Nissan auto parts are a good move when you want to fix or upgrade part of your Nissan, and quite a few repairs can be tackled at home with a bit of automotive training and a basic set of tools. If you're not comfortable with DIY fixes, visit your local Nissan service center. But why go with genuine Nissan parts in Albuquerque and what's available? When you buy genuine Nissan parts on the Nissan Parts & Accessories site, you can be confident you're ordering the right component for your Nissan model and trim. [1]

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Enhancing the inside of your Nissan with genuine accessories is a great place to start when taking care of your vehicle. Many interior parts and accessories are simple to install in your driveway for instant enhancement. Help shield your floors from daily life with All-Season Floor Mats, High Wall Liners, or replace the ones you've got with high-quality new carpeted floor mats. Keep clutter at bay when you organize your cargo/trunk area with cargo organizers, shopping bag hooks, and cargo/trunk nets. Upgrade every drive with genuine Nissan parts and accessories that look great, including seat belt extenders, rear view mirror, interior accent lighting, cargo accessories, floor mats, and many more! Accessories are available online or at your Albuquerque Nissan parts store.

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Do your brake problems just seem to keep multiplying? Vibrating in the steering wheel or brake pedal, screeching sounds, or a soft brake pedal when braking are all signs that it's time to research new Nissan brake parts in Albuquerque. Depending on the issue, new suspension and steering parts could be a smart move, too, since brakes work side-by-side with your Nissan steering and suspension to halt your vehicle. Shop for Nissan brake pads, parking brake components, cables, and more online, along with steering gears, suspension systems, axles, and even steering wheels. When you purchase custom-made Nissan parts from the Nissan Parts store, you can drive (and stop) with confidence.

Buy Tires in Albuquerque, NM for Any Nissan

Nissan Parts online is one of the best places to shop for Nissan tires in Albuquerque, too. Because we know your Nissan car, truck, or SUV inside and out. Tires aren't "one size fits all." They have to be compatible with your vehicle. When you drive with the right tire type and size, you get more comfort from your Nissan. Without the correct tires, your Nissan's overall performance will feel less than ideal. That's why we only recommend tires that are a good match for your Nissan. There's no guessing, and no need to click through dozens of sites. And we carry industry-respected tire brands, including Yokohama, Continental, Hankook, Bridgestone, Goodyear, and Kumho.

Buy tires for your Nissan online, and then book an installation appointment at your Albuquerque Nissan dealership. Ask about Road Hazard Coverage, too! [2] This coverage safeguards your tire investment by helping to cover what it would cost to replace or repair a damaged or flat tire. When you buy eligible tires in Albuquerque from your Nissan dealer, you can expect a great fit at a great value. No big surprises -- just quality tires for your Nissan.

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There's no such thing as thrilling performance without your Nissan engine. It's where energy transforms into motion, and the source of all those miles that turn into memories. Buy Nissan parts in Albuquerque or online to source the engine components you need to repair, upgrade, or maintain your Nissan engine. Take care of simple fixes like engine air filter replacements on your own, or visit your closest Nissan dealer in Albuquerque to install something more complicated, like an oil pump, crankcase ventilation system, or manifold intake, to name a few. The proper engine, fuel, and ignition parts can help ensure your Nissan maintains its thrilling performance.

Buy Nissan Heating and Cooling Parts in Albuquerque, NM

Keep your engine cool and your cabin comfortable. Maintain your HVAC and engine cooling system with with everything from radiators and water pumps to A/C vents and condenser fans. When coolant levels are low, your engine may overheat. Or, you might have a coolant leak. Consider replacing parts of your Nissan cooling system. These are a few of the most obvious signs you may need replacement Nissan HVAC parts, but there are others, too. A/C blowing cold then warm air? Strange odor creeping through the cabin vents? Feels like a good time for replacing HVAC parts. Purchase Nissan HVAC parts online, and make an appointment at your Albuquerque dealer for installation. The situation could be as easy as finding the source of a leak in the A/C system or as nuanced as installing a new compressor mount and fitting.

Purchase Nissan Batteries and Electrical Parts in Albuquerque, NM

Many Albuquerque drivers choose to replace their Nissan battery at home, and they start with Nissan Parts & Accessories. We only offer batteries that meet your vehicle's factory specifications. Nissan batteries come with an 84-month Limited Warranty [2], and we also carry related parts you may need to go along with a car battery, like battery covers, hold-down frames, and clamps. Your Nissan needs a durable, working car battery to power its electrical components. If you've replaced your car battery and still have trouble with one of these electrical components, it might be time to upgrade your Nissan electrical system. Order Nissan car batteries, electrical, and wiring in Albuquerque and find a Nissan dealer for assistance.

Buy Nissan Driveline and Transmission Parts in Albuquerque, NM

The Nissan transmission and driveline ensure the perfect amount of power is sent to your wheels for the desired speed. Every nut, gasket, and bolt must fit your Nissan perfectly for this important system to function properly. Trust your OEM for genuine Nissan transmission parts (like the axle and driveshaft) that are custom-designed and custom-fitted. As nuanced and involved as the system can be, we make it easy to find genuine transmission parts in Albuquerque. Purchase online for reliable fitment.

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Nissan Parts & Accessories is the place to go for electric vehicle parts in Albuquerque, too! From battery bay to trunk, you can purchase the essential parts you need to upgrade or maintain your Electric LEAF. Nissan replacement parts help keep every adventure as electrifying as the first. Shop online for Nissan LEAF electric car parts, and turn to your Albuquerque Nissan service center for expert advice on high voltage and low voltage parts and maintenance.

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Let the squabbles begin.

Let the squabbles begin.
Let the squabbles, name calling and brickbats begin.

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – December 16, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection

Just like clockwork, another government shutdown for this December 16th in 1995. This one, however would last some 23 days. But at the time it was cause for finger pointing and name calling on both sides of the aisle. And the ones stuck in the middle; the average American. Two government shutdowns in one year. Good faith, bad faith, no faith at all.

And that was the day for starters.

In Bosnia – a 60,000 UN troop deployment, a third of them Americans, was held up due to weather. Snow and fog made it impossible for even a single U.S. plane to land in Tuzla in the past three days. Once the weather clears, an expected 1,000 American soldiers were expected to reach Tuzla the following week with deployment to begin as early as the following day.

Elections were slated to go ahead in Haiti the following day for a successor to Jean Bertrand Aristide. Turnout wasn’t expected to be high and expectations were low.

A fire destroyed a warehouse containing some $1 million in goods slated for distribution by the St. Vincent De Paul Society to Detroit’s poor. The loss was described by Charity workers as heart-breaking.

And a research facility was slated to get some 12 square feet of unwanted flesh and fat cut from a California man’s body who lost some 400 pounds from his original 800 pounds.

And that’s a small slice of what happened on this particular December 16th in 1995, as presented by the CBS World News Roundup.

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Our Dystopian Future as Immortals

Zoltan IstvanZoltan Istvan was my favorite presidential candidate in 2016. He toured the country in a bus modeled to look like a coffin, with the message that death is a curable disease.

And it’s not just people on the fringe who are involved in the anti-aging cause. There is a sister company of Google called Calico whose goal is “tackling aging.”

Ray Kurzweil, inventor, senior engineer at Google and holder of 21 honorary doctorates, has written a book called Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. At age 69, he expects technology to improve enough in his lifetime that he will live forever. (In the meantime, he takes extremely good care of himself!)

But hold on a second. While we’re waiting for Istvan, Calico, and Kurzweil succeed, let’s take a moment to ponder the possible dystopian consequences.

There are two possible outcomes, based on whether the technology of immortality is expensive or not.

If it’s available to all, then the obvious problem is overcrowding.

The more interesting problem arises when it’s available only to a few. Certainly, that’s the way it will start. You can already sign up with Cenegetics, whose most prominent spokesperson is pictured here before and after treatment, but it will cost you well over $10,000 per year.

If immortality becomes available only to the elite, we’re in for trouble. The “occupy Wall Street” movement protested the concentration of wealth in the top 1% of American households. Those protests were relatively tame. When the issue is not mere money but life itself, the 99% will justifiably be a lot more upset.

When the 99% seethe in resentment, what will life be like for the 1%? I overstated their situation when I said they will be immortal. They could still die in car accidents, or at the hands of murderers or angry mobs, or in floods or fires, or in any number of ways–just not from disease or old age. Faced with this situation, they are likely to guard their safety extremely jealously.

With so much at stake, these rich quasi-immortals will take every precaution. Think of all the measures that ensure the safety of presidents of the United States, yet nearly 1/10 of them have been assassinated. Clearly, the immortals will have to be even more careful. They will not drive or be driven, except in vehicles armored like tanks. They will not venture out in public except when accompanied by small armies of bodyguards. They will embark on no dangerous adventures. They will eat no food that has not been tested for poison. They will not permit their children, who will presumably share in their parents’ immortal future, to visit the families of the 99% or go to their schools.

In short, they will live the lives of cowards.

Could this be where we’re heading–a cowardly elite besieged by fuming masses?

Zoltan Istvan’s solution is to make immortality affordable and to guarantee a basic income for all. What do you think? Would those goals be even harder to achieve than immortality itself?

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  1. Very interesting take.
    This would make a good sci-fi movie!

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William Gibson’s autobiography is an interesting piece of writing, detailing how and why he became a writer. I re-read this today, and it made me happy.

Google me and you can learn that I do it all on a manual typewriter, something that hasn’t been true since 1985, but which makes such an easy hook for a lazy journalist that I expect to be reading it for the rest of my life. I only used a typewriter because that was what everyone used in 1977, and it was manual because that was what I happened to have been able to get, for free.

Also, if you haven’t read his poem Agrippa, you really should. In my humble opinion, anyway.

Anyways, I’ve got family in town. See ya later!

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  1. Blogger’s killing me. Well, it’s killing all of us on Blogger, but me especially. I downloaded WordPress2.0 and opened the Read Me file. So far so good. “Installation: Famous 5‑minute Install.” I like the sound of that. 1. Unzip the package in empty directory. Check. 2. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor, yatta yatta. Check. whoops: and fill in your datablase connection details.

    Whaaaat? Where do I find these “details”? What’s MySQL?

    Email me, please! Oh — and thanks much for helping Blue Gal. She’s a sweetie, and she won’t forget the favor (nor will I).

  2. I think I’m okay now (and isn’t that 3/4 of the battle?)

    I’ve coughed up the $ to let BlueHost host me. WordPress installs automatically (done!) and supposedly, I should be able to export my blogger blog to WordPress. We’ll see about that part. For now, I think I’ll put up a link forwarding folks to the new site (once it’s up).

    I’m so glad I don’t have to fret about the $ to get hosting for two years. If I did, I’d have to figure out how to do all of this the hard (but free) way.

  3. WordPress will definitely import all your Blogger posts — that’s how I got mine all up and running. I think it was a simple matter of entering your username and password, and letting WordPress do the rest.

    You’ll have to get me your new URL.

  4. Here’s the link. I’m cut-and-pasting my friends’ links one at a time. Maybe there’s a shortcut, but I can’t find it.

    Tomorrow, I’ll risk importing my blogger posts, and I’ll try to figure out how to customize my template. (Any tips on that last bit?)

  5. Pat, I’m using the “classic” theme, one of the two WordPress offers. I could be happy with it if only I could change the font. I like YOUR font, for example. I hate my font. I’m having a devil of a time changing it. I tried messing with the style.css file, but it doesn’t seem to change anything.

    One other thing I don’t understand: every time I refresh my page, my blogroll is scrambled into a different order. I can’t tell you how much this bugs the crap out of me. I want it ALPHABETICAL, damn it, but barring that, I’ll be happy if it just doesn’t effin change every effin time I reload the page.

    But I’d be delighted if you could walk me through changing the font. I’ll deal with the rest some other time.

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It’s been in the air for a while, of course, but before that, Netflix has officially released the news that Squid Game fans have been waiting for. The South Korean hit series is getting a sequel.

Not only has Netflix announced the second season through an ominous teaser, but director and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk also announced in a press release that the sequel is in the works. “It took 12 years to make the first season of Squid Game, but it only took 12 days to become the most popular Netflix series ever,” writes Dong-hyuk. “As the writer, director and producer of Squid Game, I want to give a shout-out to all the fans around the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show.”

Dong-hyuk revealed in November that Squid Game will be getting a second season. “It’s almost like I don’t have a choice!” he joked at the time. At the time, he indicated that he had not yet been able to work on the sequel. “I still have to work on the second season,” Dong-hyuk told the international television festival MIPTV in Cannes, France. “Hopefully I can show it to the fans at the end of 2024.” So it looks like fans will have to be patient for the new season.

The first season of Squid Game came out in September last year and became a huge success in no time . Within a month, the series managed to keep more than 130 million viewers on the edge of their seats and netted Netflix no less than $891 million. That made Squid Game the most popular Netflix Original ever.

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Dutch online retailers formed a collective labor agreement

The newly founded employer’s organization is anticipated to be a voice for affiliated companies towards policymakers

Dutch online retailers formed a collective labor agreement. Source: unsplash.com

Dutch online retailers have formed an employer’s organization called E-commerce Netherlands, according to Ecommerce News.

This organization is supposed to strengthen the fast-growing branch. What is more, it is expected to bring Dutch e-commerce closer to forming a collective labor agreement.

As per the report, Dutch e-commerce is booming. Indeed, in 2020 it was worth €26.6 billion. It is estimated to be worth €55 billion in 2025, which means that at that point there will be 10 000 of employees working within the sector.

We want to anchor the image of an innovative, attractive sector. By working together we can make the e-commerce sector even stronger and create more jobs for the future. We will promote good social policy and agree on collective terms of employment for e-commerce companies
Daan Hermes, who is chairman of E-commerce Netherlands

However, there are specific requirements. Firstly, only pure online players can become members of the organization. At least 80% of their turnover has to come from direct or indirect business activities in e-commerce. Additionally, these companies need to have at least 100 employees.

There’s been an interest for collective terms of employment for e-commerce companies within the Netherlands for a while now.

Online giants such as Amazon and JD.com are entering an unregulated market here and will compete on things such as self-employment structures and low wages
Michiel Muller, co-founder of Dutch online supermarket Picnic

Picnic and branch organization InRetail were negotiating with other online companies about forming the employer’s organization. Dutch online retailer Wehkamp has expressed that it will join, while Bol.com seems hesitant in using a labor agreement.

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You are beginning a brand new enterprise promoting potato chips within the shape of George Washington. The business is bound to be successful, however you want a web site to get your product out to the keen plenty. Of course, you’re simply starting out so cash is a bit tight. You’ve got considered hiring a web design firm and getting a custom web design, however just if you had been about to begin in search of someone to do the work, your cousin, Fred, says “Hey, do not pay for a site. I’ll do one for ya free of charge.” Holy Cow! What a break!

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Contents are also essential throughout internet design development services. If you want to forestall the bounce rates of your business web site then should put visible contents for your site. But be sure that your contents should not have lengthy paragraphs otherwise customers won’t stick to your web site, as a result of customers won’t attempt to waste extra time on studying contents instead of getting the true zest inside 4/5 sentences. It’s at all times wise to make your contents small, gentle, snappy yet informative.

The rationale why that is necessary is that although you may need invested lots on WEBSITE POSITIONING, the customers would possibly flip away if they discover the website uninteresting. So adding some new options is a must, together with a catchy brand or tag line. Other than that, the inclusion of slideshows, testimonials and videos additionally make a web site extra credible and makes the users extra connected. Customized internet design can simply be slightly costlier than unusual internet designing as a result of right here the web site might be designed based on your specifications.

Properly, other folks do the identical factor.

Web designers are earning so much especially if they’re identified to supply quality service. Though some individuals don’t see it as a career but merely a component time job, the benefits it offers to a person is substantial that it will probably even be the supply of revenue for the complete family. Internet designing will not be a straightforward process. It requires analysis, correct planning and conceptualization as well as creative arts. It encompasses almost each discipline of study because communication places a significant role of their job.

Ensure you’ve constant navigation The menus on your web site must be constant throughout to ensure that your customer knows exactly the place they are in relation to all different pages. All pages ought to be simple to get to from anywhere within the website and without much more than 1 or 2 clicks. Any effective course to learn internet design ought to show you how you can produce consistent menus.

It’s essential to have also seen their easy logo. Well, the point is, complicated designs will not be capable of making your enterprise profitable. All it’s good to focus on is creating a quality and engaging brand. It should be decent and skilled. Encourage folks with your professionalism, not with the complexity in design.


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Cromford Canal Thursday 14th February 2013

This was my first opportunity to get out this year and my first day off since Boxing Day. Despite the fact it was a rather grey, miserable day it was just nice to have my boots back on and to be able to get out from behind my desk.

Start: High Peak Junction (SK 3149 5607)

High Peak Junction - High Peak Trail - Moorside - Cromford - Cromford Wharf - Cromford Canal - High Peak Trail

Distance: 3.75 miles     Ascent: 172 metres      Time Taken: 1 hour 35 mins

Terrain: Clear tracks.

Weather: Overcast with a light shower.

Pub Visited: None    Ale Drunk: None

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High Peak Junction

Crossing the canal I headed straight for the High Peak Trail.

Passing some relics from the time when this was a railway junction.

Catch Pit

Looking down at the Catch Pit.

High Peak Trail

Strangely I had the High Peak Trail to myself.

Sheep Pasture Incline

As I headed uphill the amount of snow on the trail increased.

More signs that this was once a railway line.

Winding House

The winding house at the top of Sheep Pasture Incline.

Although it was raining where I was there was some sunshine down in the valley.

Willersley Castle

Zooming in on Willersley House the family home built by Richard Arkwright.

I took a slippery route down Moorside.

At Cromford Wharf this swan refused to look up.

The ducks were heading for the people who were offering them food.

Cromford Canal

Blue sky reflected in the canal.

Cromford Canal

A burst of autumn colour to brighten up the generally bare trees.

High Peak Junction

Back at High Peak Junction everyone has gone home.

Cromford Canal

Well almost everyone.

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How to save money on your facials. - Pearl Skin Studio

How to save money on your facials.

Your skin is changing along with the seasons and the weather. It’s a critical time to alter your skincare routine and take extra special care of your skin at home between your facial appointments, which also will save big bucks in your pocket when you go back to your aesthetician.
As always, you want to make sure you are cleansing, rejuvenating and hydrating your skin every morning and every evening. But there are some extra steps and products you can add to your regimen to get professional results right at home!
Some spectacular products we recommend as additions to your at-home skincare routine include the Epicuren Pumpkin Apple Spice Peel, the Jan Marini Luminate Face Mask, the Remedy Healing Balm by Osmosis, and the Bio-Therapeutic Infusion Collagen Masque .
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Lockdown cycling has been tough. Especially this time. It’s been cold, wet and the shorter days have meant that it’s got to be a bit more accurately planned when your mates don’t have lights. Still, having a chance to get out on a bike at all makes me feel very grateful. Despite missing mountain biking so much that I’m now literally dreaming about it, having… Read More »A simple mistake. Twice.


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The Need for Measuring Transformative Experiences in Engineering Education

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The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Katherine Goodman is assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver, in Inworks, an interdisciplinary innovation lab. She completed her PhD at the ATLAS Institute in Technology, Media, and Society at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on experiential learning in engineering education. She also holds a B.S. in mathematics and a masters of professional writing.

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Dr. Hertzberg is currently Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CU-Boulder. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in measurement techniques, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, design and computer tools. She has pioneered a spectacular course on the art and physics of flow visualization, and is conducting research on the impact of the course with respect to visual perception and educational outcomes. Her disciplinary research centers around pulsatile, vortex dominated flows with applications in both combustion and bio-fluid dynamics. She is also interested in a variety of flow field measurement techniques. Current projects include electrospray atomization of jet fuel and velocity and vorticity in human cardiac ventricles and large vessels.

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Transformative experiences are specific moments when students 1) apply practices and/or knowledge from their coursework to everyday experiences without prompting (also called motivated use); 2) view everyday objects or situations through the lens of course content (expanded perception); and 3) express value course content in new ways because it enriches everyday experience (experiential value, which we also term affective value). This construct draws heavily on John Dewey’s seminal work in education and experiential learning. Transformative experience has been measured in science courses at both the K-12 and undergraduate levels; work is very preliminary in engineering. Here, we explain the import of fostering transformative experiences, particularly in the context of engineering design. We describe differences between transformative experiences of scientific topics and those of engineering principles. We also draw connections between transformative experience and belonging and engineering identity, which are being measured more frequently in the process of recruitment and retention of students.

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“The Vermilion Riddle” Celebration Blog Tour

I’m excited to share that The Vermilion Riddle is on tour with Celebrate Lit, starting today! We have 16 blog stops, where readers will share their review of the novel. You can find out more on the tour home page, and also enter to win the grand prize (a paperback copy and a $50 Amazon gift card)!

I didn’t end up putting together my own blog tour when we first launched the book, so I’m grateful to have this opportunity to get the word out through another avenue months later. I’m also excited to see what new readers have to say about The Vermilion Riddle and interact with them. One of these days, I’m planning to also share some reflections on getting reader reviews, and what some of the most impactful and rewarding feedback has been. Speaking of which, if you have read the book, it would mean a lot to me if you left a rating & review on GoodReads and Amazon.

Thanks for all the support, and come pop in our celebration tour!

How Creative Writing Makes Me a Better Product Manager

For a long time, my primary career as a product manager and my writing gig felt like two separate worlds. Left brain vs. right brain, logical analysis vs. creative intuition. However, the sharp divide has softened over time, and I see increasing overlap in the skill sets and activities between the two. I currently work in an environment that has both a strong engineering and a heavy writing culture. Great product ideas and strategies depend on a crisp, compelling narrative.

My last two jobs in particular have made me reflect on how creative writing makes me a better product manager. It’s an overlooked topic, but I’m convinced creative writers (of fiction or poetry) bring a strategic advantage to the craft of product management, even though the field has traditionally been stocked with engineers and technologists. For my PM friends, perhaps some of these thoughts will motivate you to take up the mighty pen. I find that most PMs are already good writers because they are clear communicators, and creative writing will stretch that ability in new ways. For my writing friends, perhaps you will consider that if you want to work in tech, there are options beyond content designers and technical writers, where you can flex the range of your creativity.

To address the elephant in the room: what even is a product manager? Ask five people, and you’ll probably get five different answers. Even if all five are PMs. At its core, a PM is responsible for identifying a user or customer need, crafting a product vision to fulfill that need, prioritizing it based on business goals, and driving a team to make that product a reality. Some have described PMs as a CEO of their product, as a conductor of an orchestra, or as a janitor who does whatever dirty work falls through the cracks so your team doesn’t have to. All feel accurate to me, depending on the day.

So, how does writing make me a better PM?

Writing cultivates empathy for others, including our product’s users. Creative writing gets me into the head of characters and teaches me how they think and react to different situations. I learn to create characters with motives and beliefs that are different from mine, while still making them believable people (I hope). It takes empathy, which I’m learning is not simply feeling for another person, but going a level deeper and understanding their worldview and what makes them tick, even if it’s vastly different from my own. Learn to walk a mile in their shoes, as some say.

Good PMs should have empathy in spades. It’s not just a quality that makes for a more pleasant colleague, but it’s critical for the job. In product interviews, one of the key things hiring managers look for is someone who can identify a real problem, who the target users are, and how to design a product for them. One of the classic questions is, “How would you design an alarm clock for a blind person?” I often won’t be the target user for a product, but I need to know what their unique needs are.

Good writing drives extreme clarity. One common problem in large product teams is misalignment. I say X, you agree to Y, thinking I said Y. Come time to launch, we’re in a hot mess. This is my favorite comic on the topic, and it’s comedy value is entirely based on how easily we fail to communicate well:

Clear and crisp verbal communication is important, but writing has an extra level of permanence. PMs are often writing Product Requirements Documents, which are the foundation of what designers and engineers use to build new features. We detail out exactly what the feature needs to do, and how it should behave in various corner cases. Good writing sucks out ambiguity.

Writing is a muscle that can be built in all different forms. For instance, poetry is meant to evoke certain emotions, or provoke thought, sometimes intentionally with ambiguity. I can’t do that with a Product Requirements Document, but flexing the muscle of writing in a different form strengthens writing in all its forms. It’s more tools in the toolbox, so I can flex between purposefully ambiguous to extremely precise.

Writers are curious, which helps us ask better questions. Writers probably have the most questionable search history as a result of researching strange things for stories (e.g. “how to hide a murder weapon” – I’m a mystery novelist, not a criminal, I swear!). We also have questions that Google can’t answer, and that’s partly why we write. My first novel, The Vermilion Riddle, is motivated by a series of questions I wanted to explore through the characters and plot.

PMs need to be good question-askers. We don’t write the code for features, and capable engineers are more than able to develop their own project plans and general requirements for how something should work. A PM really adds value through asking the right questions. Ask your data scientist: How often do users use feature A, to inform whether we want to build feature B? Ask your designer: How will this design scale for the next 10 features we might want to add to this interface? Ask your engineer: If we want to build this functionality into our other apps, can we build it in a reusable way that cuts development time in half? I’m dependent on my partners for these answers, but asking the right questions is often what drives the team to make smarter decisions.

Good writers craft a compelling narrative for their product. I really admire my cross-functional partners at work. I admire how designers have a passion for pixel perfect UI that’s intuitive and attractive. I admire how engineers have a relentless drive to solve hard technical problems, whether it’s scaling a platform to support 1000x what it started with, or making a gnarly product requirement a reality.

What value does the PM bring, then? All the “fluffy” stuff?

The PM is responsible for the narrative: articulating the vision for a product, the scale of the problem we are solving, and the users we are building for. Even a product that is objectively impactful loses its power to inspire a team if it’s simply presented as a set of functional requirements or uncontextualized numbers. Think of the hilarious hashtag #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly: One of my favorite films and books, Lord of the Rings, is described as “Group spends 9 hours returning jewelry.” Just like no one would want to watch that movie, no cross-functional team or leadership wants to champion a product that doesn’t have a compelling narrative. We’re made for stories, and that’s what people will remember, even when it comes to building software products.

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Big Summer Book Giveaway

I’m participating in my first book giveaway! Credit goes to Jen Roberson, who organized a fantastic virtual book fair followed by this giveaway. She reached out to authors in the Realm Makers Consortium, a community of Christian fantasy and sci-fi writers, to pull this together. We sent in signed copies of our books, and Jen got over 20 authors involved and created 9 prize packs for readers to win.

You can check out all the prize packs and sign up to win here. (Expect to be taken to Facebook Messenger, where you’ll engage with a bot for the sign up flow). A signed copy of The Vermilion Riddle is included in one of the fantasy book packs!

I mean, how can you resist free books?

The giveaway is open through July 9, and you can follow me on IG for updates (@danaliwrites), where the authors are doing the primary promotion.

Stayed tuned, as I’ll have more fun updates soon on The Vermilion Riddle. Hint: audiobook! And blog tour!

The Beating Heart of Stories

“Who was your favorite character to write?” I got asked this a few times about The Vermilion Riddle. It’s a tough question to answer, because I like characters for different reasons – spunky, witty characters are fun to write, while anti-heroes are challenging but rewarding to create. But I find it’s also a tough question because I don’t just like writing specific characters, I love writing relationships. I’m not a fan of lone characters. (If you’re the only survivor in an apocalypse, I’ll pass.) I know there are thought-provoking, well-written stories with a cast of one, but I’m far more drawn to relationships. To me, they are the beating heart of great stories. Ensemble casts have always been my favorite, because you get a range of relational dynamics.

The Vermilion Riddle is, at the core, a story of relationships: between husband and wife, brothers, father and son, father and daughter, friends, enemies, and more. In the midst of adventures, duels, and intrigue, the relationships are the heartbeat of the story.

Here were a few personal highlights among my favorite relationships to write:

Husband and wife: I might have bit off more than I could chew, since I wrote this while I was single. But I’m a hopeless romantic at heart, and I think every story I write will incorporate some romance, even if it’s not central. In this case, I wanted to explore romance and love in the context of marriage, which I find rare in fiction relative to the drama and fireworks of pre-marriage relationships. I can’t deny that I love a good enemies-to-lovers story, or the tension of a will-they-won’t-they story, or even a (gasp) love triangle done well. But what about love in marriage? For the closest relationship on earth, it doesn’t get quite as much screen/page time. It’s written off as the “happily ever after” that comes post-credits, and I wonder if it’s perceived as too boring or undramatic for a good story. But isn’t that where the real adventure begins? Anyway, Leah didn’t really want to marry August, so I still inserted a healthy dose of drama to kick it off!

Brothers: Again, I’m not a man, and I don’t have a brother, so I’m not writing from personal experience. This is one of the foundational relationships in The Vermilion Riddle, but a lot of August and Benedict’s relationship is not shown through direct interaction, but rather a backstory that is slowly colored in over time. It’s a relationship that’s been marked by betrayal and loss, and it hangs over the entire story. The pain that haunts them both is an unspoken indication of the depth of that relationship – the more you love, the more you hurt. Feeling that brokenness creates a deep longing too for reconciliation and redemption. These are the relationships we desperately want to see made right. While the main climax and resolution to the story was about the large-scale conflict with the Oath-breakers, writing the resolution to this relationship was more cathartic for me. (No spoilers on what that entailed, or even that it was a true “resolution,” but just where I left the two characters by the end of the novel).

Friends: There are a lot of different types of friendship in The Vermilion Riddle, but I’ve always had a soft spot for deep male friendships, which I think is sorely lacking in our world. For intimate friendships between men, our culture immediately imagines romantic undertones. So I had some reservations about writing a friendship that could toe that line in the eyes of some – but I did it anyway. We’ve lost something precious and God-given when men can’t have emotional intimacy and deep love for one another, free of sexual connotation. Benedict and Justin are by no means paragons of virtue, but they have that kind of friendship (and August does too, though I don’t press into those relationships as deeply). We often say “love is blind” and romantic love makes us do stupid things for the sake of the other… can’t a deep love for a friend similarly do that? In a way, I explored the idea of “love being blind” influencing some of the platonic relationships in Riddle, while the romance certainly doesn’t reflect that. (Leah got married with her eyes wide open.)

Father and daughter: Finally, one that I have personal experience with. Father-daughter stories move me in a special way. Leah’s dad is not at all like mine, and I didn’t model him after my dad – but in their relationship, I drew on some of the ways my dad and I relate: the way we easily understand each other without saying much, the irreverent humor in the face of ridiculous social constructs, and the way he protects me when I’m frail and need it most. They’re imperfect, but loving fathers. And there’s a warmth and steadfastness in that, because it’s a mirror of our Heavenly Father. Where friendships fail and romances fizzle out, there’s something in our core that believes a father will love unconditionally no matter what. Even though Leah’s dad isn’t “on screen” for much of the story, their relationship is an anchor in her life.

Interested in knowing more about these characters and how these relationships do resolve? Get your copy of The Vermilion Riddle today!

(I’m back, and I’m still writing! I recently got married, and life is busy, full, but good. After months of wedding planning and exercising the administrative side of my brain, I’m trying to find time for more creative endeavors again, so stay tuned).

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Release Day!

It’s release day for The Vermilion Riddle!

I haven’t been furiously posting here because life is just full right now. I do make more frequent, bite-sized updates on my social media accounts, but man, it is a full-time job to be marketing a book at optimal capacity. And I still have another full-time job (that I do enjoy, but keeps me very busy) unless you all make me a bestselling writer who lands a movie deal.

That’s just to say, in spite of the relative silence in these parts, I’m no less excited that this day has come. I’ve had a number of early ARC readers finish The Vermilion Riddle already, and their reviews have truly encouraged me. I know the novel isn’t perfect, and there’s a lot of room for me to continue growing as a writer and storyteller. But to hear genuine feedback that this story kept people reading late into the night, or encouraged them to love the gospel even more, or made them cheer for and feel for the characters, or handled difficult themes in a thought-provoking way – it reminds me of why I started writing. It can be easy to forget while slogging through edits and trying desperately to fix technical inconsistencies in timeline and distances. To me, good stories have always been about making a dent in the darkness, bringing a flicker of light to another soul, or as N.D. Wilson puts it, “polluting the shadows.”

These were my exact words in a post a year ago:

I was a reader before I was ever a writer, and stories can have a profound impact on our psyche. I think of what the best stories have been for me: a cocoon on cold nights, a companion on lonely days, an iron that sharpened my mind, a battle cry that gave me courage. I don’t aspire to bestseller status or movie contracts. I like my quiet, small life. But I do hope my story, though fiction and fantasy, honors the Lord and is a flicker of light in a dark world. If it’s a candle in the night for one person out there, that’ll be more than worth it.

2021 Dana

It’s been worth it.

A lot is happening in my personal life in the next month, so I don’t expect to be popping in here frequently. But as things slow down, I do plan to share more about The Vermilion Riddle, what I’ve learned, and what I’m also working on next. So stay tuned.

Until then, my publisher and I are hosting a virtual Facebook launch party March 1 at 5 PM PST. Please join us! It’ll be a fun time of activities, Q&A, and giveaways. Just join the group and hop online for the party.

You can find all my writing-related links on my Linktree. And here’s a shortcut to buying your copy of The Vermilion Riddle.

The Vermilion Riddle is Available for Pre-Order!

I’m thrilled to share that The Vermilion Riddle is now available for preorder on Amazon! It feels a bit surreal to see my novel there. I looked back through my email inbox (a real trek down memory lane) and found scattered vignettes of this story, shared with a few friends. It’s been renamed and revised over the course of years. I almost gave up on it at a few points, thinking it was too offbeat to see the light of day – not to mention, the odds are always against you in traditional publishing. I’m so grateful to see this dream become a reality!

I’m also looking for help promoting The Vermilion Riddle. Specifically, I would like to give out eARCs (Advanced Reader Copy) to readers who are willing to read and provide an honest review before March 1, release day. I’m also putting together a small street team that will help me promote the book on social media and offline, as well as participants for a blog tour. If you are interested in supporting me in any of these ways, you can fill out this form.

Do you have other ideas for how to get the word out? Are there questions or topics you’d like me to address about the novel? I’m open to inspiration for new blog posts! Drop me a line anytime.

Stay tuned for more details on The Vermilion Riddle as we approach release day! If you’re on Facebook and Instagram, you can also follow me for more regular updates there:

Finally, I’ll leave you with the official synopsis, also available on Amazon:

“To enter Faerie’s blessed demesne
four secrets must be found:
the land unbound by time and space
opens only to the one who knows
the Light, the Song, and Mortal Gate.”

In the sheltered town of Carmel, women do not have a future outside of a good marriage. That future is threatened when Leah Edwards’ father gambles away the family’s livelihood and estate. She and her sisters must hurry to find husbands. Then August Fox, a Guardian from Cariath, comes to town and purchases a supposedly haunted manor. Charged to keep the peace between mortals and Faerie, the Guardians are the stuff of legend. After he stuns her with a marriage proposal, Leah reluctantly journeys to Cariath, discovering there is more to August and the legends than she guessed.

Nimrod and his Oath-breakers betrayed the Guardians, seeking to solve an ancient riddle that would unlock the Faerie realm. Not all his followers share his desire for conquest. Benedict Fox, his second-in-command, has different motives. But as he continues fulfilling Nimrod’s plan, Benedict hurtles towards a choice between saving his family and settling a personal vendetta.

For Leah, August, and their allies, it is a race against time to solve the ancient riddle before the Oath-breakers, and reunite the Guardians to save the mortal realm. The war is never really over, and this time, the battle lines cut through blood ties and brotherhood.

Lessons from Editing a Novel

A great editor is like a two-star Goodreads reviewer who tells you everything that didn’t work in your novel and why, but also bothers to mention the glimmers of potential that bumped you up from getting one star.

Well, sort of. The point is, a great editor doesn’t hate or gush, but gives constructive, actionable feedback. The Vermilion Riddle is my first completed novel, and it’s also my first fully-edited novel. I would not have made it to publication without a fantastic editor. Michelle Levigne was much kinder than a two-star reviewer when she first told me she loved Riddle and believed in its potential, but it needed work. She showed me exactly what the shortcomings were, and gave me a chance to revise. I’ve learned that I thrive best with that kind of feedback – not a formula for how to fix something, but a pointer to the weak spots I can hone in on.

Long story short, I spent a year revising based on her feedback, and Mt. Zion Ridge Press is now publishing my book! I’ve worked with Michelle to tweak and finalize the manuscript over the months, and I wanted to share some of my key learnings.

Successful foreshadowing makes readers say both, “Oh, duh!” and “I didn’t say that coming.” I haven’t read a lot of writers who could do this well (myself included). Michelle calls these foreshadowing moments “jalapenos” – use with discretion, sprinkle them lightly, but give readers some taste of what’s to come. This framing helped me a ton, and I tweaked a lot of the foreshadowing components as I edited. Since I already had a draft complete, I knew exactly what the climax looks like, so I could go back and find places to insert little hints. I imagine this is necessary for a lot of writers. It’s hard to get all the details and finesse right the first time, especially if you’re building up to some kind of a reveal. I’m not even a “pantser” (someone writing by the seat of their pants). I plot ahead, but foreshadowing is more easily added in reverse. Good foreshadowing should land us somewhere between “Agatha All Along” (sorta obvious) and Cap’s BFF killing his other BFF’s parents back in the day (okay, am I gullible, but I didn’t see that coming). Sorry, when I can’t think of good literary examples, I default to Marvel.

Make sure characters actually do things that are in-character, not simply because it moves the plot forward. Don’t force character actions because some huge event has to happen, otherwise the story doesn’t work. I fell into this pitfall when I knew I had to manufacture a critical character encounter. I imagined the scene before I ever put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) on this story, and that blinded me from seeing my characters behaving totally irrationally. An editor can spot this pretty easily. Michelle asked me why there were no guards in this very dangerous campsite, and why the characters were sleeping on a riverbank when they had nice, warm cabins aboard their ship…? Well, shoot, because I had to force a meeting! A good question to ask as you cross-examine your story is, “Does it make sense she’s responding this way? Or making this decision?” It needs to make sense for the person, not just for the plot.

Build the world, not just parts of it! One of the main things I did in my first major revision was flesh out the world of The Vermilion Riddle. Many fantasy writers naturally go heavy on world-building, but it’s not second nature to me. I like exploring characters, and I realized that came at the expense of their world – it was too thin. Michelle told me the world felt empty, outside of the few places my characters visited. I would not have spotted this clearly on my own. While I think I could give that feedback on someone else’s story, it’s hard to see the forest from the trees for my writing. The first thing I did before starting revisions was build the world more fully for myself, even if I wouldn’t feature all of it in the novel. (I’m not Tolkien, guys). But just knowing more about the cultures, religions, and government empowered me to sprinkle in references in dialogue or bits of backstory. A savvy reader can usually tell you when a world feels rich and real or not, but I needed to learn, as a writer, what evokes that sensation. I think of Narnia – Lewis wrote with less than a tenth of the detail Tolkien used in Lord of the Rings, but he still made the world feel rich and expansive. There’s not a singular way to do it. Sometimes, it’s just a brief, tantalizing line here or there – but an invested reader loves those. It’s the stuff of great fanfiction spinoffs!

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Epic & Intimate: The Inspiration for The Vermilion Riddle

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”

Toni Morrison

Two of my favorite fiction authors are J.R.R. Tolkien and Jane Austen. Besides both being British, their works are worlds apart, literally – one wrote epic, sprawling stories of the battle between good and evil, while the other wrote of small town families, romance, and culture in the Regency era. If Tolkien’s heroes failed, death and darkness would sweep across the land. If Austen’s heroes failed, a lady would be single at thirty. (The horror!)

As different as they are, I had a desire to blend the best of both genres. I didn’t think it’d be the most marketable book, but then, I also thought no one else would write this. That concept sparked the genesis of The Vermilion Riddle. I wanted an epic fantasy that was also character-driven and intimate. I love how Austen deftly explored familial and romantic relationships in the framework of her society, and I was curious to see how that would unfold in the context of a traditional fantasy. I shamelessly drew influence from the Regency era for parts of my story’s culture, simply because it’s got that quaint, cozy vibe, stored inside a broad, sweeping world.

This is a snippet of what I wrote in my original query letter for The Vermilion Riddle:

“While the novel evokes elements of classic fantasy—quests, duels, and the battle of good versus evil—it thrives on character exploration. The plot hums to the beat of a cosmic conflict and climax, though the struggles within a family—between fathers and sons, brothers by blood (and not), husband and wife—forms its core melody.”

When it came to the characters and relationships in the story, three questions framed my writing.

What makes a strong, relatable, and feminine heroine?

What happens to brothers who are pitted against each other ideologically?

What does a love story that happens after marriage look like?

I did not know, concretely, the answer to any of these when I began, and Riddle was going to be my way of exploring them. In retrospect, I was in over my head. I’m not sure if I ever found totally satisfactory answers, but as I worked on the novel over the years, I felt the story mature quietly alongside of me. There were nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from life and other people that made their way into the story. There were also surprising insights that emerged from the characters as I was writing.

In the end, I wanted to write characters who, though born into another world, were achingly human. Though they chase ancient secrets and face the fury of the faerie-kind, they aren’t wrapped in an air of mythology that makes them feel far removed from us. They are the sort of people who could be legends – but a legend is usually formed in retrospect. They are like Merry and Pippin, hobbits who felt like useless baggage for much of their journey before they were hailed as heroes.

That’s what I strived for, at least – a story that’s epic yet intimate, that’s far-flung and yet close to home.

There was an alien wildness to it, as of a completely foreign world, but it was not without a touch of familiarity. It stirred up a strange mixture of nostalgia and mystery within her.

“Does this feel far from home?” Arthur asked softly.

“Yes,” she replied quietly, “and yet, no.”

The Vermilion Riddle

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The Vermilion Riddle: Cover Reveal & Synopsis!

I’m excited to share the cover of The Vermilion Riddle! My publisher did an initial reveal at a Zoom party a few weeks ago, and it was fun talking about the book and answering questions. Being a first-time author, it was a new experience. I’m used to running meetings and giving presentations for my day job, but it’s different sharing about my writing and being asked about my revision process, my favorite character to write, etc. It’s one thing to blog about it, and quite another to verbalize it to an audience. Mount Zion Ridge Press has been a great partner to work with as we’ve been going through edits, designs, and all my newbie questions.

Also, I haven’t given much detail yet about the story, so I wanted to share a first synopsis!

The war between faeries and men dimmed into mythology long ago, contained in the pages of Leah’s books. Far from danger, her sheltered town runs on parties and gossip. Then, August Fox purchases the haunted manor in Carmel and legends begin breaking into her reality. When her father gambles away their livelihood, Leah dutifully accepts August’s request for her hand. But a shadow haunts Cariath, his home of towering edifices and warriors, and she must contend with the ghosts of his family’s past.

Hungry to conquer the immortal realm, Nimrod betrayed the Guardians and stole an ancient riddle that would guide him to the keys to Faerie. To his followers’ surprise, he names Benedict Fox his second-in-command. Benedict plays a dangerous game, his agenda diverging from Nimrod’s. As they uncover more Guardian secrets, Benedict finds himself hurtling towards a choice between saving his family and settling a personal vendetta.

The war is never really over, and this time, the battlelines cut through blood ties and brotherhood.

What do you think?

I’m cuing up some more posts about the inspiration for The Vermilion Riddle and my writing process. Happy to take feedback on other topics you’d like to see me cover!

Old-Fashioned Fantasy

I was a complete bookworm growing up, and I think being an only child fed that. I was shy, I had plenty of time, and I buried myself in stories. My parents would take me to libraries and bookshops where we could buy an entire bag of books for $5, which was a dream. I’m pretty sure I got mounds of obscure books no one has heard of. And while I happily read almost anything in my early years, I’ve forgotten most of them. There are just a few books that truly gripped me, sank into my soul, and made stories more than just a pleasurable way to pass the time.

It’s special to me that my first novel is a fantasy, since that’s the genre that hooked me on reading. I don’t read fantasy novels predominantly anymore – and some of my friends are surprised to know that I haven’t read some of the most popular contemporary fantasy authors, like Brandon Sanderson or George R. R. Martin. Maybe it’s heretical for me to say, but I attempted The Way of Kings and Game of Thrones, but dropped them both. (I might give the former another chance, though). From the bits I read, I can’t deny that the world-building in both is stunning. But that’s never been the thing I loved most about fantasy.

The Chronicles of Narnia were the first books to capture my imagination. I didn’t knock on the back of my closet, hoping to find Narnia, simply because C.S. Lewis built an amazing world. Rather, it was because he peopled it with unforgettable characters. I remember how Aslan’s sacrifice struck me in the heart, how I wished for a friend like Lucy, how I hated but then grew to love Eustace, and how I adored Reepicheep and Puddleglum for their nobility and spunk. The world of Narnia gave them a place to come to life and flourish, but it was always the characters I loved most, imbued with such heart and personality.

Not surprisingly, The Lord of the Rings was my next great love (or obsession). My mom wanted to see the first film because she heard it was a classic, while I wondered how a story about jewelry could be anything but a snoozefest. I walked out of the theater totally enthralled, and hunted down the books so I could read them before the next movies came out. Undoubtedly, Tolkien created a rich world with different cultures, languages, and landscapes. He was a genre master. Peter S. Beagle called him a “colonizer of dreams.” As much as I would love to live in Rivendell or the Shire, it’s not the places themselves that inspired me most. It was the story of little hobbits shaking the fortresses of the mighty, a man of exile rising from the ashes to be king, and an unloved son who still loved his people to the bitter end.

Some might say these stories are old-fashioned. People are not so simple, so black-and-white. We love to explore characters who are gray, toeing the moral line. There’s a trend in contemporary fantasy towards dystopia, and morally questionable heroes. Fewer stories today make people say, “I want to live there with those people!” And they don’t all need to. But those are the books that won me over, and that’s the spirit I hope I capture in The Vermilion Riddle.

I have some of those gray characters, and I try to dig into some of those hard questions about justice and revenge. The story is told from two characters’ point-of-views, and one of them is certainly not a hero. But by and large, The Vermilion Riddle is classic fantasy in its themes and morality.

You might call it old-fashioned. But like Phil Coulson tells Captain America: “With everything that’s happening, the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old-fashioned.”

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Developing KaNgwane: Geographies of segregation and integration in the new South Africa

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This paper examines social, political and economic processes within the former KaNgwane bantustan to understand the changing relationships between society and space in the post-apartheid era. Research on rural development and reconstruction in South Africa attest to the spatial legacy of apartheid while suggesting that dynamic transformations are occurring within the former bantustans. A central concern of this paper is the ways the apartheid government constructed and presented KaNgwane as a development project in order to justify racial segregation and control. While the bantustans have been effectively erased from the popular imagination, these spaces continue to be framed developmentally in ways that provide limited attention to local context and change. In order to consider the shifts in environment and development discourses within these territories, a case study is employed to evaluate livelihood production systems, environmental change, and governance institutions. It is argued that these patterns reveal the simultaneously static and dynamic nature of the bantustans while demonstrating that their reincorporation will remain an ongoing process in the post-apartheid era.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13-25
Number of pages13
JournalGeographical Journal
Issue number1
StatePublished - Mar 1 2007

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  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Earth-Surface Processes

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Nigeria, like most parts of the world over, has witnessed an array of music producers who debuted as musicians.

Having excelled as music producers, they have been able to prove their mettle by churning out hits-after-hits as musicians.

Some have proceeded to take the music exploit notches higher through release of albums and/or extended play records (EPs).

The music-producers-cum-musicians have conquered the music industry by attracting awards in both categories.

Here are 21 Nigerian music producers who double as musicians:

1. Young Jonn

Udomboso John Saviours aka Young Jonn recently signed as an artiste with Chocolate City after years of being a record producer and audio engineer with YBNL.

The ‘Dada’ crooner is best known for producing the critically acclaimed single titled “Story for the Gods” off Olamide’s Street OT album.

His first EP, Love Is Not Enough, was released on April 1, 2022

With music production credits on albums including Street OT and 2 Kings, Young Jonn was ranked #3 in The NET’s list of “Nigeria’s Top 7 Biggest Music Producers” and went on to be nominated in the “Producer of The Year” categories at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies 2015.

2. Samklef

Samuel Oguachuba a.k.a Samklef is a talented music producer and artiste.

As a producer, Samklef produced a large portion of Wizkid’s widely acclaimed album ‘Superstar’, thereby significantly contributing to the huge success of the album.

He has also worked with names like Sunny Nneji, Ruggedman, Durella, Skales, D’Prince, Simisola, J Bryte, Emmsong, O’cube, Jahdiel, Vector, Mudina, to mention a few.

He released his debut album titled “NONI” in 2010 and later re-packaged and re-introduced it with an international edition titled “NONILIZING”, released in January 2011.

He has been nominated for awards and has won many, one of which is the award for Producer of The Year 2011 at the City People Awards.

3. Krizbeatz

Chris Alvin Sunday, professionally known as Krizbeatz or KrizBeatz the drummer Boy, is a Nigerian record producer best known for producing Tekno’s ‘Pana’.

He was ranked 3rd on Pulse Nigeria’s 2016 list of “Top 5 Best Nigerian Music Producers”.

KrizBeatz has worked majorly with Yemi Alade including several artistes like Oyibo Rebel, Skales, Lil Kesh and Koker while also releasing his own single titled “Erima” and the hit single “911” featuring Yemi Alade and Harmonize which further pushed his career to limelight.

The song “911” has garnered over 13 million views on YouTube.

Ayoola Oladapo Agboola also known as KIDDO or Kiddominant is a Nigerian recording producer, songwriter, and artiste.

He’s best known for producing Afrobeats longest charting billboard single “Fall” by Davido, which peaked on US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart at number 13 and US Hot R&B Songs chart at number 25 on Billboard.

He has a 2018 single ‘Alright’ featuring Wizkid.

There is also his memorable hook on AKA’s ‘Fela In Versace’.

He released his EP ‘Too Late Too Lit’ on May 14, 2021.

5. Johnny Drille

John Ighodaro, professionally known as Johnny Drille, is a Nigerian singer, record producer and sound engineer.

He produced “Jaiye” (Time of Our Lives) by LadiPoe featuring him.

He is also credited for the engineering of Latest Mavin act, Boy Spyce’s EP titled after his moniker.

His career came into the spotlight when he released a cover of “Awww” by Di’Ja. He is currently signed to Mavin Records.

6. Echo The Guru

Emmanuel Nwachukwu Ejidike aka Echo The Guru is a record producer and music creative, telling stories with music.

His songs include ‘Ajuru’, ‘Heaven on Earth’ and ‘Complicated’.

He spent 2019 making and uploading one beat per day.

Echo’s discography includes tunes with Skales, Yemi Alade, OBT, Fireboy DML.

He’s credited for producing Fireboy DML’s ‘King’.

7. Tekno

Tekno is undoubtedly one of the most important artists in the music industry these days, as he has been releasing songs one after the other.

Tekno is not only a musician but also a producer who used to be and still is.

Tekno Miles has been playing the piano since he was eight years old, when his father enrolled him in a music class, and has since learned to play additional instruments such as drums and guitar.

He has produced a number of tracks, including a Swae Lee and Drake collaboration titled “Won’t Be Late”

8. Maleek Berry

Maleek Shoyebi started out as a producer. He was nominated for the ‘Music Producer of the Year’ category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Award. He has songs such as ‘Kontrol’, ‘Bend it’, ‘Pon My Mind’, ‘4 Me’ and ‘Sisi Maria’ to his credit.

9. Pheelz

Phillip Kayode Moses, better known as Pheelz, is a Nigerian record producer, singer and songwriter who have worked with several artistes and musicians, such as Olamide and Tiwa Savage.

Pheelz is credited to have produced all but one song on Olamide’s Baddest Guy Ever Liveth album.

In 2022, he had a hit with his song “Finesse”, collaboration with BNXN (formerly known as Buju).

10. Terry G

Terry G once ruled the streets of Lagos with his eccentric and unique music.

The “Gingah your Swagger” had people dancing to his dance hits.

Although, he was first known as a producer before he became a singer.

He’s collaborated with a number of musicians and produced a number of hit singles. In addition, the singer/producer has a number of hit songs to his credit.

11. Sarz

This artist’s real name is Osabuohien Osaretin.

He is also not only a music producer but a singer fondly called Sarz on the beat.

He has worked with several Nigerian artistes and is considered one of Nigeria’s most talented producers.

He has released hit singles such as ‘Legwork Riddim’, ‘Good Morning Riddim’, ‘Inbox Riddim’, ‘Spiritual Riddim’ and ‘Celetronic Riddim’.

12. Don Jazzy

Also known as Michael Collins Ajereh, Don Jazzy is a star producer and a record label owner.

He has featured in several songs with a vast number of Nigerian artistes, including those not signed to his record label.

There are songs like ‘Igwe’, ‘Endowed’, ‘Surulere’, ‘Been Long You Saw Me’ and ‘Pere’ to mention a few.

13. Cobhams Asuquo

Cobhams Asuquo is one of the most well-known producers in the country today, and his talent cannot be overstated, since any song he creates becomes a hit.

Aside from cooking beats for the likes of Asa, Charly Boy, Darey Art Alade, Roof Top Mc, and others, the only music producer with a third eye has proven his lyrical talent on several occasions.

14. Phyno

Phyno is one of Nigeria’s biggest Indigenous rappers whose songs have amassed millions of streams over the years.

He started his music career as a producer in 2003 and is renowned for rapping in the Igbo language.

Phyno developed an interest in music production during his secondary school days and began producing because the Highlife producers in the East could produce the kind of Hip-Hop beats he wanted.

The rapper rose to stardom after he released “Ghost Mode” featuring Olamide in 2012. Thanks to his several hit songs Phyno is still one of Nigeria’s biggest artists to date.

15. Omah Lay

Omah Lay made his major breakthrough in the industry in 2020 with “You“. When he released his debut EP, “Get Layd” he proved he was here to stay.

The Talented singer in a short amount of time has been able to gain a number of fans and even embarked on a tour in the USA which is high achievements for him.

However, not many know that Omah Lay started out as a producer and only got into singing when he became frustrated with artists not giving him credit for his work. Becoming a singer was definitely the right choice.

16. Jesse Jagz

One of the most intelligent artists in the Industry, Jesse Garba Abaga, better known by his stage name Jesse Jagz, is a Nigerian hip hop artist.

He re-signed with Chocolate City in April 2015, after leaving the label in May 2012 to start his own brand, Jagz Nation.

He began his career as a producer, but he refused to settle for less, so he moved on to music. Jesse Jagz has a few songs under his belt and is unquestionably one of today’s most brilliant musicians.

Jesse Jagz has produced songs for several artists, including Majek Fashek, M.I Abaga, Banky W, Ice Prince, Mode 9, and Proverb and Dekunle Fuji.

17. Ckay

Chukwuka Ekweani, better known by his stage name Ckay, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer signed to Warner Music South Africa.

He was formerly signed to Chocolate City, a member of Warner Music Group independent label services ADA.

His international hit single “Love Nwantiti”, also known as “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)”, was released in 2019 by Chocolate City.

On 29 March 2022, the song debuted at number one, following the launch of the Billboard Afrobeats chart.

18. JJC Skillz

Abdulrasheed Bello, known professionally as Skillz or JJC Skillz, is a Nigerian songwriter, rapper, record and television producer.

JJC Skillz earned recognition in Nigeria after the release of his single We Are Africans, an afrobeat anthem.

Prior to the success of We are Africans, Skillz was producer for the British hip-hop record company and musical group Big Brovaz.

In December 2002, he released his debut album, Atide, an experimental album with lyrics in English and Nigerian languages and influenced by hip hop, African and salsa musical styles.

He co-produced with his wife, Funke Akindele, Industreet a television show about the Nigerian music industry.

19. J Martins

This is yet another talented music producer whose unexpected turn to singing catapulted him into the spotlight. J Martin’s mastery of rhythm and rhyme explains his meteoric rise in Nigerian music.

Not only has J Martins produced a few major tunes for others, but as a singer, he has sold tens of thousands of copies.

In fact, J Martins is said to be the producer behind one of the P-square iconic albums, ‘Game Over“.

20. Davido

Davido is one of Nigeria music royalty but not many know he started out as a producer.

Despite the fact that David Adeleke has never been credited with a successful song for another singer, Davido, as he is affectionately known, has a long list of hit songs to his credit.

He used to produce and previously produced a single called ‘Open Pooner‘ for Dammy Krane.

His breakthrough song, “Dami Duro” was first produced by him before Shizzi reworked it. He also produced an unreleased song for one of his artists, Peruzzi which is titled “Gaza.

21. OJB Jezreel

Late Babatunde Okungbowa, popularly known by his stage name OJB Jezreel or OJB, was a Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer.

He died on June 14, 2016 of kidney disease.

He worked with 2face Idibia to single-handedly produce ‘Face 2 Face’, the album that contained tracks like African Queen that took 2Baba to another level.

He also worked with Beenie Man, a Jamaican American-based musician.

He produced artistes like RuggedMan re-establishing rap music to gain its ground in Nigeria.

He also produced Jazzman Olofin, Weird MC, Paul Ik Dairo, Daddy Showkey, Sir Shina Peters, Olu Maintain.

OJB also produced albums and songs for Kcee, Faze, Iyanya, D’banj, Durella, Wizkid, Yemi Alade.

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Ahead of the 2023 General Election, Nigerians in Diaspora have lamented what they referred to as inability to vote in Nigeria elections.

President, Association of Yorubas in Diaspora, AYIDSA, Dr. Olusola Agbeniyi stated this while speaking with Pensioners FM during a courtesy visit on the General Manager of the Station, Dr. Babatunde Tiamiyu.

Dr. Agbeniyi, who expressed sadness over the inability of Nigerians in Diaspora to vote in Nigeria Elections, said they are losing confidence in the governance of the country.

“Certainly, people in Diaspora are very interested in what is going to be the outcome of 2023 election. The reason being that the situation in Nigeria currently is nothing to write home about. People are frustrated; people have been disappointed with the governance. So we are very interested in seeing good governance, hence, the outcome of 2023 election is of paramount to people in Diaspora”

Dr. Agbeniyi also stressed the importance of the 2023 general election and the role of Nigerians Nigerians in Diaspora.

“I personally asked Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who is the Chairperson Nigerians in Diaspora the question of Diasporas voting and the answer she gave me is that Nigeria is not at the stage of allowing people in Diaspora to vote. We weren’t happy with that response, because we want to be part of the system; we want to be part of the people that decide on whom to govern us. She said the process of allowing Diasporas to vote is not as easy as we think”

Dr. Agbeniyi however, urged the Diasporans to join hands in demanding their participation in the forth-coming 2023 election.

In the meantime, AYIDSA President, Dr. Olusola has also announced the Appointment of Dr. Tiamiyu as “Media consultant” to the Association of Yorubas in Diaspora, South Africa.

Dr. Agbeniyi added that, the Association considered Dr. Tiamiyu worthy because of his professionalism and dedication to the promotion of Yoruba Cultural Values.

Responding, Dr Tiamiyu thanked AYIDSA for the privilege and promised to give the new task his best.

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Kylie Jenner Announces New Beauty Brand, Kylie Skin: All the Details on Her 6 Launch Products

Kylie Jenner's debut skincare collection includes six everyday products that launch on May 22

After growing Kylie Cosmetics into a near-billion dollar business since its launch over three years ago, Kylie Jenner is ready to jump into skincare.

The businesswoman and reality star, 21, announced her newest business venture, Kylie Skin, which officially launches on May 22 with six core products suitable for every skin type. “Skincare and makeup go hand in hand and Kylie Skin was something I dreamt up soon after Kylie Cosmetics. I’ve been working on this for what feels like a lifetime so I can’t believe I’m finally announcing!” Jenner said on Instagram.

She continued: “Building my makeup line from the ground-up has taught me a lot and I’m so blessed with that knowledge to apply to my brand new company! Birthing a whole new team, manufacturing, fulfillment etc. separate from my cosmetics line was challenging but here we are! I got the best of the best for you guys!”

Soon after announcing her new project, Jenner revealed the six products (all under $30!) coming in Kylie Skin’s initial launch: Foaming Face Wash, Walnut Face Scrub, Vanilla Milk Toner, Face Moisturizer, Vitamin C Serum and Eye Cream.

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The star showed fans each product and talked through the formulation and specific skin benefits on her Instagram Story. “The Foaming Face Wash was actually the first product that I created in the line because I knew exactly what I wanted,” Jenner said. “This formula is so luxurious. It smells amazing. The toner and the face wash have a very, very light fragrance ’cause I know a lot of you are sensitive.”

Next, she moved on to the Vanilla Milk Toner, which she said “takes off the residue of my makeup.” Jenner noted that she made sure the toner was alcohol-free so it doesn’t strip your face or make it overly dry.

Once she’s done talking about the toner, Jenner moves on to the Walnut Face Scrub. “It is very gentle yet very effective,” she explained. “It has cocktail of a lot of anti-inflammatory ingredients. It buffs away your dead skin cells. ” Jenner recommends using it about three times a week, just like she does.

RELATED VIDEO: Take A Look Inside Kylie Jenner’s Gorgeous Glam Room!

Jenner said she’s working on many different types of serums, but for her first drop, she wanted a Vitamin C formula. “This one has very, very powerful ingredients. It actually stimulates collagen. It reduces redness. It promotes overall skin health,” she said.

For her Eye Cream, Jenner designed the packaging with a self-applicator, so you can simply squeeze out the product and dab it directly under your eyes straight from the tube.

“Sometimes I feel like putting on eye cream is just another step and it’s inconvenient so this makes it super easy. It is the ultimate recipe for your eyes. It has green tea, pomegranate extract, caffeine, Vitamin E, so it’s moisturizing, brightening, reduces puffiness. It’s pretty much my secret for a night out,” the star said.

Finally, Jenner saved her “favorite” product for last: the Face Moisturizer. It took several different formulations before the star settled on the best formula, which strikes the perfect balance between hydrating and lightweight.

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“I want it to be kind of thick and feel like it’s doing something. I don’t like when a face moisturizer is too thin. It’s not too thick. It’s the perfect amount of thickness and it makes your skin feel soft to the touch,” she said. “It’s the perfect base for my makeup. It has Shea butter in it, orange peel extract. Also, the best part about it, it has blue light protection. You know looking at your phone all day, that really is damaging for your skin.”

Although Jenner is gearing up for the launch of these six products, she told fans she’s in the process of developing even more too.

“My first drop I did suitable for all skin types so everyone can be included. Right now I am actually working on personalized skincare so you know acne prone skin, dry skin, congested skin, oily skin so stay tuned for that,” she said. “That may take a little time but I am working on that!”

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Announcement at climate summit comes after former US secretary of state John Kerry warns that international action is slowing

While celebrating the win, activists noted that "construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues in other parts of the Atchafalaya Basin" and vowed to keep fighting to completely shut down the project

As President-elect Donald J. Trump considers whether to break the United States commitment to the Paris climate accord, the rise of clean energy across the heartland is already too well entrenched to be reversed.

Though water protectors have held their ground at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline for months now, they need only push for a month and a half longer until it is possible that their mere presence may actually kill the oil-funneling project.

West Virginia property owners won an important case at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday when that Court sided with Appalachian Mountain Advocates attorneys, ruling that the Mountain Valley Pipeline cannot survey for its proposed natural gas pipeline without landowner permission.

Ta’u, America Samoa – In what is a sure sign of things to come, Tesla and SolarCity have wired an entire island, Ta’u in America Samoa, to run on solar energy. After Tesla completed a $2.6 billion acquisition of Solar City this week, the company announced their most stunning solar project to date.

Fifteen of the sixteen hottest years ever recorded have occurred during this new century, and the near-unanimous scientific consensus attributes the principal cause to human activity. The U.S. military’s latest National Security Strategy says that climate change is “an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources like food and water.”

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