My bee sting
Since some of you have asked, yes, it’s true. I was stung by a bee on Friday. This tends to be a bigger deal for me than most people since…
Is there value in publishing a first draft?
Print Magazine has a terrific look at the cover art on a handful of books, along with some explanation from the designers. It’s a fascinating look into the world of…
Twitter friends
I recently told someone that over the past several months, I have made several friends through Twitter, even though many of us have never met in person. “Friends through 140…
A change in style
I contacted my editor last week, inquiring about the current view in the publishing world on the number of spaces after a mark of punctuation. Like The Chicago Manual of…
Five year plan?
I played golf last week with a guy who works in the corporate world. He’s got a degree in math and an MBA, but he also has a newborn son…
Well-timed and welcomed!
It’s after midnight. It’s still incredibly hot and humid, even though I’m on the Connecticut shoreline, and the sun has been down for hours. I’ve just finished loading two tons…
Uncomfortable plot summaries
From postmodernbarney.com comes a list of Uncomfortable Plot Summaries—deconstructed and amusing summaries of film plots. Here are a few of my favorites from a lengthy list: BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults…
.2%?
The Department of Labor surveyed American consumers to determine how they spend their annual paychecks. According to their fabulous pie chart, the average American consumer spends .2% of their annual…
Subconscious naming of characters
Have I told the story of Martin’s name before? Martin is the protagonist in Something Missing, and my choice of his name has an interesting story behind it. As I…
Real-life burglars
I read this article on burglary and immediately thought of Martin. In terms of the thirteen secrets that these professional burglars share, Martin follows four of them. #3, 5, 9…
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