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January 27, 2014
Ebook Prices Reduced
My publisher realigned their pricing structure and decided to reduce the cost for all their ebooks that have been released for at least six months. This includes the e-versions of both Painted Black and Bend Me, Shape Me! The books … Continue reading →
January 22, 2014
Deranged Dictation
I received Dragon Dictation on my phone for free when I bought the Swype keyboard app from Nuance.com and decided to use it to dictate an old manuscript into Evernote for editing and resurrection. It has produced some interesting results … Continue reading →
January 16, 2014
An Author Spotlight
M.J. Joachim, who did a thoughtful review of Bend Me, Shape Me recently, invited me to do a guest post about who I am, a theme you may have seen a few times here in this blog. I wouldn’t be … Continue reading →
January 13, 2014
Bookkeeping Made Easy
These simple steps seem all too complicated to me in today’s era of accounting software that does all the thinking for you, but it sure was fun to use these pages when I played school with my cousins at Grandma’s … Continue reading →
January 8, 2014
And Love Remains
I found the following poem in a pile of old journals and materials that I had in storage. I don’t exactly know when it was written, but I do know to whom. I wrote it as a present for my … Continue reading →
January 2, 2014
January and Dr. Who
It took an act of Parliament to stop this month from flitting off to different times and places. Perhaps January served as Dr. Who’s companion during the Middle Ages. From my Grandparent’s IJ volume of Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia, 1937 edition: … Continue reading →
January 1, 2014
Looking Back
No, this isn’t a New Year’s Day look back at 2013. Everyone’s doing that. I seem to enjoy avoiding what everyone else is doing. But a recent post by TwistedSifter about pictures posted from a 1913 high school yearbook made … Continue reading →
December 20, 2013
Why was I so mad the other day and what I am doing about it #homeless #Chicago
Reblogged from The Chronicles of a homeless man in Chicago: Some of you saw the other day via my Facebook page and Twitter feed that I posted a very simple comment of I'm so mad right now I don't even … Continue reading →
December 19, 2013
Turning Homelessness on its Head
I discovered a WordPress blog not too long ago by someone who calls himself chihomelessguy, and his posts embody everything I’ve been trying to say about how people need to stop stereo-typing street people and get to know each individual’s … Continue reading →
December 12, 2013
Just Imagine It Ink Interview
Late last summer I did an interview with Edward C. Stanton, President of Just Imagine It Ink which does a podcast called “Get Behind Me, Now Stay There” that broadcasts on iTunes and at KSKQ 89.5 FM. The interview will … Continue reading →
