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May.06.2012
STOP! STOP! STOP!
(This blog is the text of a speech given as part of a panel discussion on ebooks for the California Writers’ Club Redwood Chapter’s “Next Step” Conference, April 27-28 2012. Also on the panel were Scott James, Robert Digitale, and Mark Coker.)
Okay, a man walks into a bar...
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Apr.23.2012
I'm writing this shortly after walking in the door from the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. It, like all conferences, was exhausting, but in a good way. I'll be recapping the highlights. And, apologies in advance, but Blogger has had an issue with posts going up when they're scheduled in...
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Apr.19.2012
Hello everyone,
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Mar.14.2012
The news from Smashwords last night was spectacular. Paypal has reversed their proposed censorship policy. Bestiality, rape and incest are back on the erotica menu!!
Well, yay.
That's one down, 700 million more issues to go.
Here's one worth looking into, gang. This came in the Rolling Stone...
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Mar.06.2012
Let me offer you a scene.
A small bank in any town. Morning. The light slants through the front windows and splashes over the polished granite flooring. A conservatively dressed woman stands at the front of the line, waiting for the next available teller. A place becomes free and she steps up to...
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Mar.03.2012
The online home of eBook - Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History – is offering for one week: 25% off on the purchase of my work. SMASHWORDS is promoting “Read an eBook Week,” and their website is the origin of this marvelous discount.
Visit one of the websites below, and after ...
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Mar.01.2012
I guess that at age 51 and 1/2, I have had a longer childhood than most people have... ha ha. But, wow, how poignant to see that Davy Jones has passed away. So now my childhood is officially over.
(If you click on that link, you can access a cool slideshow of old photos of Davy, if you are into...
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Feb.28.2012
There is some progress being made.
Paypal is at least engaging in talks with Smashwords (and perhaps with other electronic publishers) and re-wording what their policies are in an effort to not make them so grandly sweeping. (For instance, going from zero tolerance to perhaps being reasonable-...
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Feb.25.2012
And I mean it.
On Wednesday, February 22nd, Barney Rosset died. I was too busy to blog about it at that moment, but I did tweet it out on twitter. So perhaps you saw. Or perhaps, you know, you have other sources for gathering pertinent news.
Anyway, Barney Rosset died. He was 89 and had...
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Feb.15.2012
Two weeks ago I blogged about how weird rankings were, and how my ego was going out of control checking my Amazon ratings. I have calmed down and not obsessively checking anymore, thank God. But there are times when a person has to brag. Especially when she sees this:
Yep, I'm number one! And...
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