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Decisions, Decisions – More from the Trenches of Indie Pub

After 10 months of DIY book marketing, I’m ready to try something new, I think. I have been given the chance to republish my book through a hybrid publishing service and let them direct my marketing efforts. In exchange I give them a share of whatever profits may be forthcoming. Mostly this seems like a […]

Traveling, Writing, and Following Your Dreams

I wrote this in response to the question, “How has travel influenced your writing?” Some people know where they’re going in life from a very young age. When I was in first grade, I planned to be a Roller Derby queen, as soon as I was grown up, which, at the time, I believed would be […]

Airplane TechTalk for the Non-Technical: Propeller Basics

I have signed up to take the first of my FAA certification exams in just 10 shorts weeks (eeep!) so expect more of these techtalk posts as I work through the material I need to have down cold for my exams. A word about those exams. There are three sections to the exams, two of […]

Airplane Tech Talk for the Non-Technical: Cabin Pressurization

Another in my occasional series demystifying the inner workings of airplanes. This week – cabin pressurization. As most people know, modern passenger planes are usually propelled by turbine engines, and usually fly at around 35,000 feet. As we go up in altitude the air becomes progressively less dense. What we Earthlings call “air” is about 78% nitrogen, 21% […]

GoFundMe Campaign: Help a Student Out

Reminder: I’m reading at Third Place Books in Ravenna, TONIGHT, Wednesday, September 17 at 7 PM. Details here. Now to my blog post: Dear Readers – I don’t normally use my blog to make fundraising appeals, but in this case, I believe the recipient is very deserving and could really use some help to kick […]

Shameless Self-Promotion, or Five Reasons to Attend My Reading

This week, I’m 7 days away from my first bookstore author reading, so here’s some shameless promotion of same. If you’re in the Seattle area (or wish to visit – it’s lovely this time of year), please consider attending. To help you with your decision, I present you with 5 reasons you should come to […]

Lives Real and Imagined

Today I visited the campus of my alma mater. I hadn’t been here since the last reunion, and being here on a non-reunion day is quite a bit different, and being here between school sessions is different still, I was reminded of my first summer here – after a roller coaster of a freshman year, […]

Bookselling – the Saga Continues

A couple of years ago, when I was deep in the weeds of editing my novel, Raising John, I naively believed that editing was the hard part. Make no mistake, it was hard – it was very hard, especially in those dark hours when it seemed as if my manuscript and I were the only entities left […]

Ten Things I Have Learned Since Starting Airplane Mechanic School

1. I used to think I was unable to learn new things. You get that way as you get older. School starts to seem like a young person’s game and the brain starts to feel fossilized. But, it turns out, I can learn new things and even retain them. 2. I’m glad I didn’t know […]

Airplane Tech Talk for the Non-Technical: Cabin Cooling Systems

My prior duo of posts about airplane turbine and reciprocating engines was popular, so I’ll expand the series to talk about the mysterious inner workings of other airplane parts. This week, let’s talk cabin cooling. Smaller reciprocating engine aircraft usually have very simple cooling for the passengers – ram air; that is the air that is […]