The Sidehug Machine.

I have a full time job. And although by getting up at 5AM and tweeting while I walk between buildings at work and hustling I can do most things other writers do, I can't really do book tours. The reason is that I have a limited number of vacation days and have to use some of them for conferences and speaking at churches. So if I told my kids, "We're going to hold Christmas in February because dad is really busy this year," they'd probably tell me, "What you talking about Willis?"

But writers w...