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Technology Thank You Sir May I Have Another

The Software I Miss the Most

It was with a heavy sigh that I read this post. Lotus Smart Suite was and still is the best office suite ever created. I’ve used just about everything during my 30+ year IT career. This package was so far ahead of the curve it boggles the mind. Recently some…

Roland HughesMay 26, 2016August 31, 2017

Fiction Stories

Show Don’t Tell

You’ve all heard that trope before. Many, many times before. Yes, it’s a trope. It’s a glad handed politician that will forget you exist as soon as they get elected. Like all tropes, it has a place, just not the place it has been given. Why has it been given…

Roland HughesMay 22, 2016August 20, 2017

Stories Technology

Get the Tech Right

It’s amazing just how dated something appears when it gets the tech wrong. This is a massive problem for movies and a significant problem for writers of all types. Coming from an IT background I notice these things pronto. So do most millenials I’m told. Let’s talk about a few…

Roland HughesMay 15, 2016February 9, 2021

Experience Stories Surf

Memoirs

Lately, the memoir genre has been growing on me. I’ve come to the realization that not all of the work in this genre is a ride through another’s world of self indulgence and aggrandizement. Not all of it is “…a lesson to the wise,” either. Sometimes, and I’ll admit that it has something to…

Gregory LambMay 13, 2016August 19, 2017

Fiction Publishing Stories

Control Your First Impression

Most authors are stupid. It’s not something we wish to hear, but it is true. Oh, we may have the story to end all stories inside of us and may well have written it. A token few of us may have bothered to learn enough about the publishing business to…

Roland HughesMay 8, 2016August 19, 2017

Publishing Stories Technology

The Order of Property Creation

We used to hear this all of the time “The book was so much better than the movie,” but we don’t hear that much anymore. The standard path forward from book to movie has been drastically altered. I became even more aware of this recently when listening to “On the…

Roland HughesMay 1, 2016August 18, 2017

Publishing

Get the Format Right!

Since some of my compatriots on here have been talking about reviews, and I’ve been posting some thoughts on DVDs, I thought I should point out the one thing which almost certainly ensures an “empty the colon” review. The wrong format. Before you even think about releasing a version of…

Roland HughesApril 30, 2016August 18, 2017