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Mar.27.2009 Of Cylinders and Axes The other day I was flying back from Ithaca. The weather had been bad; for a while I didn't know if the plane would take off. When it finally did, I gave a sigh of relief, opened my book (like most people, I carry one when traveling) and started to read. About half an hour later, the sun...	Mar.26.2009 A Grateful Author I am so grateful that I get to do what I love. Seriously, as a fulltime freelance writer and publishing consultant, even in these tumultuous times where the industry has suffered many job losses, I am surviving. In addition, I’m pleased that my novel, my print-on-demand albeit multi-award winning...
Mar.13.2009 Flycon 2009 Pinched from Chris Dolley's blog because I'm up to my elbows in floor tile adhesive... FlyCon – the worldwide online SF/F con – starts today at midnight (Australia, EST) and 9am (US Eastern Time) and finishes at 5pm Monday in Australia and around midnight the day before in San Francisco. Panels...	Mar.03.2009 How to write a best seller with conscience So far, writing a best seller has eluded me. True, I've written several works that have been well received, including poetry, plays, books, articles, even a "how to," but no best seller yet. It's all a matter of timing, I've been told. You have to write the book five minutes before the...
Mar.03.2009 An Author Can't Be Fired Ignored, yes. Disparaged, yes. Ridiculed, yes. Fired, no. I guess that's a plus.	Mar.01.2009 The Dead Line I just came out of an extended period in what my staff (The Pack) refers to as "Black Ops." My pack, my friends, and my family all know that when I am on deadline for a book, I don't answer the phone, I don't open my email (I have most of email forwarded to one of The Pack), and, except...
Mar.01.2009 Waiting on that next book deal I'm in that limbo that many authors find themselves in. I have a publisher - Adams Media - for whom I wrote two books in the last few years: The Everything Blogging Book and Streetwise Ecommerce. But I'm antsy to get another book out there, and my current publisher can't rally interest in it. I'm...	Feb.27.2009 Damn Dan, The Art of The Bard (Difference between writing and ranting) I remember once reading an article in the New York Times about an artist. This artist put sperm to canvas. Yes, that's right folks, no misspelling or senior moment. I said SPERM. Now many of you may have the same knee-jerk reaction I did when reading it… yuck. Who the hell would buy something like...
Feb.15.2009 JUST BACK FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO WRITER'S CONFERENCE, 2009 It's only around four hours since I left the Mark Hopkins Hotel atop Nob Hill after spending three very intense days at the 2009 San Francisco Writer's Conference, attending workshops, networking, taking in keynote talks from established writers, enjoying great meals, and getting feedback from...	Feb.15.2009 The Diary of a Book This is the beginning of the story of an autobiography, from when it was accepted ( months ago) to the time when it will be published ( some months from now). The working title is Undue Process but I have decided I don't like that anymore and am going to change it back to Excessomania. Because that...

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