Image via Wikipedia I never intended to become an alcohol snob. Originally, I wasn’t very picky at all. In college, I would often drink whatever was handed to me. It was usually terrible, but I wasn’t drinking to enjoy myself – I was drinking with a goal in mind. Most of my early experiences with [...]
Image by eddyfate via Flickr Some writers won’t reread their own work after it’s published. I do. When I finish writing something and it gets published (in a book, in a PDF, on a website, or whatever), I often go back and reread it. How I feel about the writing, though, depends on how long [...]
Long day of work today, but I did get my two copies of Close Encounters of the Urban Kind in today! And just to prove that I do indeed have a story in there: (Sorry so blurry – my iPhone was having trouble keeping it in focus.) I’ve actually lost track of how often I’ve [...]
I just got this from the folks at Apex Publishing. Right now you can grab the eBook of Close Encounters of the Urban Kind and pay what you want over at Smashwords. That means you can grab it for free, toss a coin in the hat, or pay list price. It doesn’t matter. We only want [...]
Image via Wikipedia Before I launch into this post, let me take care of some housekeeping: Yes, I’ve been quiet on this blog. I don’t expect this to be a habit – I’ve got a backlog of over a dozen blog topics I’m sitting on, and those bitches aren’t going to write themselves – but [...]
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been quiet for a while. I had a lot of things on my plate before I went on vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a few days. Now I’m back to… uh… having even more things on my plate. I could have theoretically skipped the vacation to catch up on work,1 [...]