In life, the journey is the reward. Old Timer certainly has had a journey through this life. For nearly forty years he has been both a geek and an assassin. Despite someone at his company having given him the contract decades ago, nobody there actually knew what he did, just that the client paid. Had he told anyone about it, especially his coworkers, they would have laughed in his face. Since late January, 1992, he … Five Nuclear Wars You Can WinRead more
Publishing
Blogs about writing and the publishing industry.
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Marketing Means Don’t Be an Asshole
Over the past few weeks emails like this one have been circling around. ==== Subject: Do You Want MORE Reviews For Your Newest Book? Hello, I saw on Goodreads that you are interested in getting more reviews for your newly published book. I am offering an inexpensive book review tour service whereby your book will be promoted to a) 14,000+ book readers, targeted by genre b) 2,000+ active book bloggers c) Thousands of readers across … Marketing Means Don’t Be an AssholeRead more
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Interesting Authors
Some months ago I joined a friendly group of interesting authors. It has been a pleasant experience and we set up a Web site to announce ourselves. If you have the time please visit the site via the link above or the logo on the right. You just may find something you really want to read.
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First Aereo – Now Google
In an absolutely stunning move the Supreme Court might have justified its existence with the Aereo ruling. Most citizens had lost hope and faith in the institution with their ruling allowing corporations to patent and extract license fees for genes existing naturally in humans in plants. They single handedly allowed corporate greed to eliminate public variety seed placing in jepordy the world food supply as population quickly approaches 9 billion. And let’s not forget the … First Aereo – Now GoogleRead more
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John Smith: Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars
What some reviewers are saying about “John Smith: Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars” Susan Parkinson who has reviewed books for the BBC said: “George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ is referenced. I believe that Roland Hughes’ novel should be considered as important as ‘1984’ and Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’. Highly recommended as a thought provoking and fascinating read.” Jeff Wallace said: “Mr. Hughes’ book reminds me of reading Plato’s books Phaedo and Meno. When … John Smith: Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft WarsRead more