Blog #3
Friday, August 22, 2025
Indianapolis, IN
Well, another week has gone by. The wife and I got to spend six days back home before we had to come back to Indy for her work. We got back here right around 9:30 PM Tuesday. So now I’m back at my portable office in our little bedroom. I posted a picture of my little office on my Facebook Author page.
I was able to get a bunch of social media stuff done on Wednesday, and some outlining done for BOOK II on Thursday. Misty worked both of those days, so she’s off today. She’s been playing ‘7 Days to Die’ on her PS5 all day since she got up. I usually play Minecraft Bedrock on my laptop in my downtime. BUT…. I’m experiencing an error that prevents me from logging into my game. That’s fairly aggravating!! I have other games I can play on my laptop, but not being able to play the game I want to play kinda sucks!! Hehehehe
So, what was I working on for BOOK II????
I believe I’ve already got the main outline complete. That’s been done for a while. It’s more of a framework than a proper outline. Now I’m starting to work on the scene details! I am in no way a Pantser. If I don’t have an outline prepared, I’m the 2nd Mate on the USS Minnow!! I will be lost on an island in no time.
The beginning of BOOK II is sort of time sensitive, in that there is a sequence of events that happen early on. I want all of that to happen in the correct order, timed exactly right. I prefer details, at least some minor details, be given to the reader. I want you to use your imagination, absolutely, but I still want to give you enough details to get your thoughts and mind in motion.
One of my FAVORITE authors is a man named Stephen R. Donaldson. I started reading his books when I was in 8th grade. The first one I read was called ‘Lord Foul’s Bane.’ That book changed my life. I read the 2nd book as soon as and as quickly as I could. I had to wait for the next eight books to be written. The series was called ‘The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.’
The reason I bring up these books is that they were large, and complex, and magical! I didn’t realize it at the time, in the very early 80s, but the Covenant story was very psychological, and it used very odd words. I very quickly fell in love with the characters and setting in those novels. I remember being able to ‘see’ what was happening in all the books.
As my writing career started, I tried to emulate Donaldson’s style. He doesn’t know me, I’ve never met him, and I’ve never sent him a letter or an email. But I’m a fan… I’ve read the entire series six (yes, 6) times over the years. I’ve listened to the whole thing on audio twice.
For Dawning, the manuscript that I gave to my editor was nearly twice as large as the finished product. I had to bite the bullet and let her take the axe to it. It was huge compared to what was actually released. I went overboard with a lot of the details, or I added too much internal stuff, or tried to move the story along with too much weight. Yet, that was sort of what I wanted to achieve.
I’m very blessed by having an incredible editor. She was really able to give my story what it needed!! I’ll be singing Kim’s praises for a long time to come! Since this is my first time jumping into the Indie Author playground, Kim has been super patient with me and my learning curve.
Well, I think this is enough for right now!
Have a great week!!
Dave
Blog #2
Blog #2
Monday, August 11, 2025
Hello everyone!!
I hope everyone had an awesome week! I know that we’ve had an interesting and sometimes exciting week since my first Blog post went out on the website. I’d like to give you all a rundown on all of the stuff we managed to get into last week.
As some of you might already know, the Ramey Publishing Corporation is home based in central Ohio. With the exception of our highly talented editor, Kim Coghlan, the rest of the staff is all family and lives within 25 miles of one another. Even though our name same ‘Corporation,’ don’t be fooled by that. Technically, we’re a very small ‘mom & pop’ start up business! Not counting myself, all of the staff here at RPC have real jobs in the real world and real families of their own.
All of that brings me to my first point in our review of the week! My beautiful wife, Misty Isty, is a Travel Nurse. Her current contract has brought us to Indianapolis. Upon occasion I travel with her, like right now. Last Tuesday, 8/5, Misty and I drove here to our apartment here in Indy. It’s actually 4 rooms of a newly remodeled tri-plex house. We’ve found that it’s much cheaper this way than to rent hotel rooms each week.
I have all the things I need to set up a temporary office space while we travel. I have my laptop, notes & binders, a small folding table, an office chair, desk lamps, my journal. This definitely doesn’t have all the comforts of my Dungeon back at home, but it’s surprisingly comfortable. We’ll be going back home Thursday, 8/14.
So, coming to Indy to support my wonderful wife for 9 or 10 days is really cool!
Last Tuesday, right before we left home, all of the hard back copies I had ordered of DAWNING finally came in!! I was really thankful for that. I was able to sign each copy for all of the folks who had pre-ordered them. That was great! I’m still kinda ticked off about how long it took for me to get those after I’d ordered them, but what’s done is done. I believe ALL of the pre-orders have been delivered!!
Now I have to wait and see if anyone posts REVIEWS!!!
We’ve been getting a lot of behind the scenes stuff accomplished. A lot of that involves social media stuff!! This past Friday, Arilyn and I worked up a really nice Facebook post introducing ourselves and the Dawning book. Then we BOOSTED that post.
WOW!! My author page on Facebook has been going wild all weekend!! I’ve gained a bunch of new FOLLOWERS and we’ve received a TON of LIKES on that post.
Blog #1
7/3/25
Hello everyone!
This is my official BLOG post. This is the first time I’ve ever tried to write a blog, so please bear with me as we begin this journey together! After some hefty introspection, I decided to start this blog by introducing you, my audience, to my brand!
It wasn’t all that long ago that I didn’t even know what a brand was. I had to look it up. It turns out that a brand is how you see me. For example, if I said Stephen King, you would instantly think the best-selling horror author. If I mentioned Stephen Hawking, you would immediately picture the disabled genius sitting in his electric wheelchair. If I mentioned William Shatner, you would think of Capt. James T. Kirk. A brand is what we can come to be known by, whether it’s by our actions, reputations, careers, or family members. Many things can lead to your brand. Whether you’re famous, infamous, or just a plain old person… you can have a brand or be branded.
So, how do I want you to brand me? How do I want you to react, or think, or feel when you hear or read my name? Are you curious about what my name is, or do you even care? I think it’s part of my job as the creator of this blog to make you want to know my name. I’m very proud of it! My cousin, Jeremy, suggested that I use D.E. Ramey as my pen name, the name you all see on my book covers and the internet. My full name is David Eugene Ramey. Most of my friends and family call me Dave, or David Eugene, or just Eugene. My wife generally always calls me David.
My two favorite names are Dad and Papaw!
Well, now that you know my name, I hope I piqued your interest just a little bit more. Maybe even a small teaser into my private life there. I think I’ll keep that bit of family info for later. I want to add something else to my brand marquee before I proceed.
When I was a much younger man, it could be said that I wasn’t a very good guy. I accept that. My life could have been read like a chapter book. Many decades later, when looking back on those chapters, I can clearly see where I made mistakes and then learned from them. I can see my character being built from a wild hooligan, to a veteran, to a husband, then a father, then a grandfather, and now in this newest chapter, I’m a published author. In regard to my brand, does all of that back story mean I’m a perfect man? Of course not. Not even close! I have tons of regrets that I would love to apologize for.
One thing I didn’t mention that I learned about on my journey, and this one is the most important thing of all. This facet of me is the one I want to be branded for. In time, when someone mentions D.E. Ramey or reads my name or looks for one of my books online or on the shelves at Barnes & Noble, this is how I want to be thought of…
“Hey! D.E. Ramey is that Christian guy who writes those wild Apocalyptic Christian Fiction books!”
Pretty cool, huh?
Being known or branded like that is pretty sweet! I wanted to write stories since I was in the 5th grade. So it’s great that I’m an author now. Honestly, though, that little part about being a Christian… THAT is the important part. THAT is how I want to be branded.
There it is, the core of my brand. I’m a man of many mistakes, but I found redemption in my faith. I won’t push my faith on you, although I may mention it from time to time. I want you to feel welcome on my website and other social media platforms, knowing it is a Christ-centered space. You don’t have to be a Christian to feel welcome here or around my brand. You can be whatever you want to be; you won’t find judgment here.
I think that’s about enough for my first Blog. I had a good time writing this up. I had no idea what I was going to say when I sat down to write today. HA! Cool stuff!! We aim to publish one blog post per week and send out our newsletter once a month. Please feel free to email me with questions or comments, and I’ll do my best to get back to you asap. So please, everyone have a safe and blessed week! I look forward to your emails! And if you don’t have a blessed week, please try not to get yourselves killed while someone is holding your beer!!
God bless!
Dave
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