Monthly Archives: January 2012

Last night Stephen Colbert’s SuperPAC disclosed that they have thus far raised north of one million dollars in donations.  What Colbert’s doing (and Jon Stewart by extension) is some of the best political satire of my generation.  No doubt the … Continue reading →

Going over the first pass of Blackstone, I’ve accumulated a twelve-page list of random facts and revisions I need to research and address.  This is fewer than I thought I’d have; some books take less back-end research and some require … Continue reading →

Last night I finished my sixth novel, Blackstone:  450 pages and 108,000 words.  Today I edited and corrected the last chapter, so now I have a first-pass rough draft.  Getting the story down onto the page constitutes the largest portion of work … Continue reading →

Well, maybe not the year 3000 but certainly by the 22nd Century.  Earlier this week I read an article from the BBC which makes 20 predictions about the world a hundred years from now.  Some are pretty awesome (telepathy!  immortality!  … Continue reading →

For those who purchased books during my recent flash sale on Friday, your packages will be shipped tomorrow.  I meant to send them out this afternoon, but I forgot it’s MLK Day and all the post offices are closed. And … Continue reading →

In honor of Friday the 13th, I’ve slashed prices on all my books.  For one day only everything on sale in The Shop is 40% off the cover price.  That discount will be reflected in your shopping cart when you … Continue reading →

Rare Exports is one of those rare imports, an anti-Christmas movie that works on multiple levels.  After waiting in vain for Netflix to stream it, I found it on sale at Best Buy and watched it last night.  This creepy holiday … Continue reading →

I came across an interesting article at Digital Book World about their predictions for the publishing industry during 2012.  I don’t agree with all ten of them, but there’s a lot here worth mulling. 1 — We will see more … Continue reading →

Last year my resolution was to blog more, which I succeeded in keeping.  I didn’t update the site as often as I wanted, but certainly more than I did in 2010.  Hopefully I can uphold that for 2012, shooting for an average … Continue reading →