We had a huge cold front come in right around 9:00 last night. The temperature dropped fast from 52-degrees Fahrenheit to 20-degrees Fahrenheit, and by our 10:30 bedtime the wind was blowing hard. Our bedroom wall is northwest facing and […]
Everything at the Pharmacy Is Wrong, As is Life in General
Last night we watched an extraordinary story on 60 Minutes called “Sex Matters: Drugs Can Affect Sexes Differently” by Lesley Stahl. If you didn’t see it, you need to follow the link at the end of this post to watch […]
2013…(The Merman Turns Again): My Undercover Soundtrack
I’ve got a guest post called “Sex, Drugs, Metaphysics, and Rock ‘n’ Roll” over at Roz Morris’s website My Memories of a Future Life. It’s a quick-read, but provides a tour of some of the recordings that influenced me as I worked […]
Not the Marriage Plot: On Men Reading Novels in the 21st Century
Here’s what I think about at some point of every day: What is going on in this world that would lead so many men far, far away from reading modern literary novels? I’ve written here at this blog and in […]
The Future Book Market for Us All
My latest Talking Indie column is now posted at Talking Writing Magazine. The title is “Why Aren’t More People Reading E-Books?” We did a heck of a lot of research on available reading preference statistics to come up with this piece. […]
Kindle MatchBook: Read More and Live Free
At the end of the summer, Amazon offered to let all of us authors and publishers in on their new Kindle MatchBook program. MatchBook is an interesting deal. It’s set up to allow readers to get the e-book edition of […]
The Effect of Staring at Screens: an essay on Alt Lit, Tao Lin, and Marie Calloway
I’ve spent a good amount of time over the past few months really trying to understand this whole new Alt Lit approach to fiction. There are some links at the end of this essay if you want to explore this […]
What We Mean When We Say the End of Books is Coming
Seth Godin is one of the most insightful mainstream bloggers you can find on the Internet. His fame comes from popularizing, among other things, the ideas of “Permission Marketing” and Internet “Tribes.” The dude has been involved in marketing, development […]
Advice on Supporting Indie Writers & The Best Indie Book Sites on the Web
I want to report that after two years of indiscriminate book reading on paper and screens, I have come to the conclusion that I like reading on-screen more than paper. I did not start this process as an experiment, but […]
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