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It’s a Jeep Thing
It was a sad day a couple of weeks ago. I finally bit the bullet and got rid of my 1990 Jeep Wagoneer Ltd. Sad day indeed. The Wagoneer wasn’t my daily driver. Actually, it was a really nice Jeep…
I Want to See My Title in Book Stores
You know, unless you are going to go the “traditional” publishing route with Hollywood Accounting which could bury 90+% of your royalties so it can line the pockets of upper management and their families . . . it’s the worst…
Beware of Book Pricing Scams
There is currently a massive book pricing scam going on industry wide. The bulk of this problem can be laid squarely at the feet of Amazon.com’s lack-of-management team. Other selling services have now figured out how to exploit this ethic-less…
Is Sending Money by U.S. Post Office Illegal?
This question comes up a lot. I hear all kinds of people nattering about this at various times. I’ve even had a client tell me this straight faced and point out one guy who was currently in our building who…
Going Back in Time
No, I’m not going to tell you there is some secret government program which has achieved time travel. The fact we are all alive means they haven’t. If they are incompetent enough to be an elected official now and they…
FocusWriter
One of the more useful editors for creating blog posts, roughing out a chapter, etc. is a cross platform word processor called FocusWriter. Several times per year this becomes my favorite tool for getting things done. It has a wonderful…
Your Little Pump That Can’t Suck
In farm country things tend to get used forever as long as they still “kinda” work. Oh, people will trade tractors and combines off just to drive something new much like city folk do with cars. When it comes to…