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Jun.17.2013
June 17
Poe-etiquette
Cosmic questions cross the sky,
I wonder but don’t ask why
I pitch the tent, but don’t stay the night
I borrow money and don’t pay the rent
I sooth myself but can’t be content
I earn my keep though it is all been spent
The real true meanings are...
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May.16.2013
A very nice --if blush-inducing-- way to wake up: thank you, Elisabeth Zguta!
For (I hasten to add, with another double entendre blush at the wording above) her very kind review of my to-be-released-on-Tuesday FIRE OF THE PROPHET on Goodreads.com.
Ms. Elisabeth, you are officially my "first...
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Dec.29.2011
It is said that people once feared the camera as a wicked contraption designed for stealing human souls. It seems that they may have been correct.
The omnipresent pal-parazzi are stealing social lives and, in a sense, souls. They trample all over friendships to ignore "please don't post these...
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Jan.26.2011
http://amoslassen.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/the-big-book-of-in-your-face-...
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Dec.28.2010
Don’t Teach Your Toddler to Walk on the Subway Stairs at Rush Hour! Five Things Doting Urban Parents Do That Can Make a Person Crazy
When it comes to children, this otherwise progressive writer is probably a centrist, somewhere to the right of Angelina Jolie and to the left of W.C. Fields. That...
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Nov.17.2009
Yesterday, I wrote about preparation and sales etiquette, today, the crowd rallying specialists.
Barkers, Salesmen, and Street Venders all have one thing in common, they know how to lure an audience and keep them. Remember, crowds pique the interest of passersby.
Take a look at how the holy...
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Nov.17.2009
People who regularly read my blogs know I make it a habit never to write bad things about other writers' books. Not trying to dictate what others should do - it's just a personal philosophy. But every now and then a writer says or does something that, well, gets on my nerves. And since this little...
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Nov.16.2009
It's a very sad sight to see an author alone at a booth or signing table looking like they'd rather be somewhere else. Even worse is seeing two or more bored authors making small talk to pass the time.
Promoting anything means creating a buzz, but generating a buzz can be a challenge at book...
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Oct.08.2009
In the July 29 edition of The Daily Sam we discussed the delicate etiquette question of what to do about sharing the armrest when you are stuck in the middle seat on an airplane (answer: become rich enough to fly first class). This post prompted an important question from author Brian Moreland, who...
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Sep.18.2009
Is it just me, or does it seem like people have gotten really rude in the last few years? Have civility and manners become outmoded fashion? Does expecting people to behave themselves with at least a modicum of respect for others make me a relic? Ok, I know that there have always been badly...
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