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Hey! It's a new #1kStory about…

Hey! It's a new #1kStory about pineapples and cats and loooooove… http://1889.ca/94nP

The Hot Bar

Green leaves and flower petals were pressed under a sheet of spotless glass, random everywhere but two places, across the table from each other, where a sunflower arrangement spread out as if your glass were creating life itself.  Mary sipped … Continue reading →

Craw Mud

A root or branch or something sharp scraped his arm as he fell, and when he landed in the soft soil, so many feet below.  The only thing he noticed was the thick red blood coursing down to his elbow.  … Continue reading →

Oh gawd no, another 1889.ca ju…

Oh gawd no, another 1889.ca just went live. Make it stop! http://1889.ca/94nO

Yet Another 1889.ca

This is just a quick note to say there is a new 1889.ca up now, and it looks quite different, and the (most notably) the books are running native in WordPress now… but that in itself has caused some instability, … Continue reading →

@quillsandzebras What a coinci…

@quillsandzebras What a coincidence! It's Canada Day here too!

Religion and/or Copyright

Three fun topics for your Wednesday:

Host desecration and copyright: Way back in the Middle Ages, the largely-uninformed masses in Europe had a tendency to get riled up about something called host desecration, which is when somebody took the Eucharist (the bready thing you get in communion, which is a stand-in for the body of Jesus) and stabbed it.  Who stabbed it? Jews, naturally. Why? Because Jews wanted to re-enact the crucifixion with baked goods. They certainly had nothing better to do...

8 ways the RIAA could help you…

8 ways the RIAA could help you survive a zombie outbreak (Finn Harcourt guestblogging): http://1889.ca/94nN

8 ways the RIAA could help you survive a zombie outbreak

So your town's got an outbreak of zombieism.  The dead have risen from the grave, glassy-eyed and stumbling around like English soccer fans after a World Cup defeat. They've started devouring your friends and neighbours, and odds are, they're coming for you next.

Now take a moment to relax, because there are important things to remember.  Most critically, never forget that zombies are dumb as all bloody hell.  Put a lampshade on your head and they'll walk right by you.  But okay, let's say...

Why Print is Bad for Indie Writers

Writing a book is a great adventure that ultimately ends with a dozen questions, none of them easy. The first and most obvious is whether to traditionally publish, or go the indie route.  But even within the indie realm, there's another mammoth fork in the road you need to overcome: to print or not to print?

To answer this question, we first need to set aside the emotional attachment to print.  Seeing the spine of your book on a bookshelf really does send a shiver down your spine, but what...