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July 14, 2013
A Pinterest Guide to Sunni Knows
Now after posting a ton of text in my last few posts, it’s time for some pictures! These are all from one of my boards on Pinterest. It’s a fun board, one where every pin is tagged with one of the chapters in SUNNI KNOWS, but don’t worry, there are no spoilers in the picture, […]
July 13, 2013
Going Where No Reader Cares to Go . . . in Cyberspace
This is a follow-up to my previous post, Reading, The Environment, though you don’t necessarily have to read it to understand this one. A lot of what I wrote in that post is verified in a way by the following four articles I’ve found on this whole issue of ebooks, book publishing, reading and independent […]
July 11, 2013
Reading, the Environment
In my last blog I mentioned doing an assessment of the book environment – to call it an industry is a bit of a misnomer. One of the challenges in strategic planning is defining an industry. In the 1960′s a guy named Ted Levitt wrote an article called “The Marketing Myopia”. It is now considered […]
July 5, 2013
Funny Friday
This has been the slowest week since the last one, and boy has it gone fast! If you came here thinking today’s blog would be about you, think again – this one’s on me – or was that the last one? What can I say? I’m a writer. Hemingway said we’re all liars, but then […]
July 3, 2013
A Great Place For Short Stories
I recently discovered a really friendly social media site for writers and readers. It’s only been around for six months or so. It’s called ReadWave. It’s all short stories, though some are pretty long. It’s all free, and you can get to know the authors by following them, commenting and so on. There are 12 […]
June 24, 2013
The Coffee Shop
Reblogged from countingducks: The doctor's words slid across his mind, played with his future and settled on the hand in front of him. His hand. "Three months at most". The words were not ambiguous. He had a period of mobility, and armed with pain killers could cling to normal routine for a while longer. Routine, which had […]
June 22, 2013
Top 10 Reasons To Work From Home
This title isn’t quite complete – it should also include something about working solo, so in this context, here goes! On birthdays, at the surprise office party, I get all the corners, and now the cake only has 4 pieces! Some of those telemarketers can be really sweet, my bff for a few minutes, especially […]
