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In Vain I have Struggled

But not very hard. I just don’t feel a post today. Nothing to do with the eclipse. We just have a ton of stuff to do and I have chapters to write.

May the Meme be With You

It’s The Past That Keeps Changing

Yesterday I did something I used to do more often, and looked into the latest discoveries in paleontology and archeology and such.

And shortly after remembered why I no longer do it every month.

Apparently the latest, greatest news is that — yo, this is amazing — they’re finally not studying pre-history through the eyes of racism and sexism, and as such have determined that pre-historic hunting parties were as much as 80% female.

This is a discovery that of course makes perfect se...

In The Name Of The People

I learned at an early age that anyone who claims to speak “for the people” or do things “for the good of the people” is usually wrong.

In fact, the honest and earnest zealot who thinks he’s improving everyone’s life by doing x y or z if more of a danger than your average, run of the mill venal corruptocrat who merely wants to line his pockets and move on. (Note the current crop of corruptocrats are different. They explicitly seem to want to destroy everything while lining their pockets. I...

Singing By Rote

When my son was in the choir, he told me when you didn’t know the words, or if you’d lost your voice just before the number, or something, you could pass by just mouthing “watermelon, watermelon, watermelon” and no one will know, in the choir that you’re not actually singing.

I feel like I was hit over the head by a writer stopping a choir so he could sing WATERMELON at the top of his voice. This, of course, is a craft error and I covered that here. It is a writing mistake. Which is why I...

Only Nazis by Bill Reader

Only Nazis by Bill Reader

Only Nazis would oppose the systematic rape and murder of Jews.
Only Nazis would oppose people who want to exterminate all Jews.
Only Nazis would oppose people who want to subjugate the entire western world, especially America.
Only Nazis would oppose segregating people by race.
Only Nazis would oppose treating people of one race as inferior with no reference to their merits or character.
Only Nazis would oppose censorship.
Only Nazis would oppose covert surveillance.
O...

Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike

THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOLS POST. THERE IS NO APRIL FOOLS. APRIL FOOLS IS A LIE. GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CLOWN WORLD, I’D LIKE A SENSIBLE PEOPLE DAY – SAH

Book Promo

If you wish to send us books for next week’s promo, please email to bookpimping at outlook dot com. If you feel a need to re-promo the same book do so no more than once every six months (unless you’re me or my relative. Deal.) One book per author per week. Amazon links only. Oh, yeah, by clicking through and buying (anyt...

Promo Post Tomorrow

Today I have family things.

If you celebrate go and have a Happy Easter. If you don’t, go do something fun.

We’ll be back tomorrow, I promise.

Freshly Hatched Memes

There comes A Time

There comes a time in the life of every writer when, not matter how little inclined, in the name of human decency and health, some efforts must be made at cleaning.

With my faithful friend, squirrel, and what appears to be a… nutria or maybe a chinchilla (the cats are obviously off camera) I am engaged in that at the moment. (Indy is probably disassembling the vacuum as I type this, judging by… sounds.)

Do not be alarmed by massive cloud of dust rising from not-Colorado. It’s just me d...