Adam Oster's Blog, page 78

Fat Mogul vs. Procrastination

You know how I’ve been telling you how close I’m getting to finishing this first draft of THE RISE OF THE FAT MOGUL?  Well, it’s really, honestly true.  In fact, since I wrote that post on Monday about how much trouble I’ve been having in getting to the end of …

Mysteries of Life

I often find myself honing in on little things in my surroundings, little pieces of history that are probably very disinteresting, but, well, a large curiosity to me.  Take, for instance, the picture to the right here.  It’s the picture of a family headstone that I found at the cemetery …

Fat Mogul vs. Endings

For those of you who have been following along as I write by visiting my page at authonomy.com, you may have noticed a sudden stop in the uploading of new chapters to my works in progress placed out there.  I did finish the minor edit/re-read process on THE AGORA FILES, …

From the Mouths of Babes

I know I probably have the habit of using this space a little too often to show off how proud of a father I am.  However, at the same time, I know it’s been a while since I’ve truly done this, and, well, my site statistics show that these tend …

Fat Mogul vs. The Internet

This morning has been nothing but an epic battle with my internet connection. . . a battle that I seem to be destined to lose.  In fact, since I’ve started writing this post, (you know. . . 30 seconds ago) my internet has already dropped on me again. Of course, …

Fat Mogul vs. Terrorism

Today is a day of remembrance, and will be for a long time to come.  Like December 7th, 1941, September 11th, 2001 is a day we all feel a little more somber regarding, whether or not it had any direct impact on our own lives. I remember watching those towers …

Fat Mogul vs. Redbox

I still remember the first time I heard about the illustrious red box that the company Red Box now has located on every street corner in the entire world.  I laughed.  Hard. I was a rather recent convert to the world of Netflix (back before they had instant watch), and …

Fat Mogul vs. Failure

Not too long ago, the very talented graphic artist, The Oatmeal, produce a comic discussing the reasons he runs.  In his brilliant, somewhat offensive, style, he explained something that I think is somewhat of the core of what motivates most people to do anything.  He named this beast The Blerch. …

The Plague of Self-Publishing

Before I get started today, I want to say that I’m happy with the decision to go the self-pubbing route (although, as always, if someone wanted to hand me a wad of cash to take over the publishing for me, I’d rip the pen out of their hands before they …

Fat Mogul vs. School

This week marks a milestone in the lives of two of my very favorite ladies in this world.  The first day of 4K for my daughter, and the first day of her last year (hopefully) of college for my wife. Well. . . actually, who really knows about my wife, …