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Like a Roller Coaster

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

Dunno.  Maybe it’s hormones.  Maybe it’s just life.  But these past weeks I’ve been vacillating between giddy-happy and morose “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” “Boing, there she goes” triggers include everything from politics, New Zealand (poor Christchurch), Japan … Continue reading →

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The Road

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

The Road, the movie. Where Viggo Mortensen gets the chance to let it all hang out. As The Man, in the grim adaptation of the equally grim novel by Cormac McCarthy, Mortensen sheds all for a rear-view nude scene. (If … Continue reading →

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Ebook Publishing for the Lazy and Unethical

Posted on March 14, 2011 by admin

As I noted in my posting at the other blog, my blog got plagiarized. The thieving site, is the ironically named Write (Create) Your Own Ebook (write-your-own-e-book.info/blog/judging-an-ebook-publisher-by-the-covers). I’m not including a clickable linky, because they don’t deserve the linkage. The … Continue reading →

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Judging an eBook Publisher by the Covers

Posted on March 11, 2011 by admin

And by their web page. These days new epublishers are popping up like daisies on the lawn. Over at Absolute Write, someone starts a thread inquiring about a press’s bona fides almost daily. Before you sign a contract, or for … Continue reading →

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Stroking the Ego

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Bad reviews are inevitable, but good reviews  soothe some of the other anxieties that go with this biz. Yesterday–Monday, blargh–I cautiously opened my email.  Lately, I’ve been approaching my email account as though it were an angry cobra. The reason? … Continue reading →

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Red

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

We watched Red again, last night. A big part of the movie’s charm is the cast–the notably older cast.  It trades on the same idea as The Expendables.  That older doesn’t mean useless, not even with action heros. Watching it … Continue reading →

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And Then He Lied to Her

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

You know how children love to watch the same movie, over and over, and over?  Until, you swear, if you hear Buzz Lightyear say, “To infinity and beyond!” one-more-time, you’re going to start kicking cute puppies and drowning kittens. I … Continue reading →

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Taming of the Muse

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

INT. MY OFFICE-AFTERNOON ME: (Speaking to my muse) Where the heck have you been? MUSE: Around. ME: Around?  Doing what? MUSE: Stuff. ME: What kind of stuff? MUSE: Stuff. ME: Like what? Searching the Internet for nekkid pictures of Hugh … Continue reading →

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In Which I…Ooo! Something Shiny!

Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin

It’ll just take a minute. Famous last words.  Uttered before I descend into a two-hour long journey into the darkest pits of time wasting.  A.K.A, the Internet. The plan.  Hop online.  Update my blog. Get outta there. Get to work … Continue reading →

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There’s No Nice Way to Say, “You Bore Me.”

Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin

Alternative title: How Critters Online Workshop Taught Me to Sympathize with Editors So there it sits. Like a big ole zit on the nose of my (already crappy) day. The form rejection letter. Besides the sense of crushing defeat, there’s … Continue reading →

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