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Category Archives: Everything Else
001: Links for Creative Folk (Authors Included)
Interesting, informative, and inspirational links found while cruising the internet. Tarcher Top Artist: Drawing Competition: Although the deadline for the writing competition has passed, there’s still just over a month left to enter the drawing competition, based on Drawing on … Continue reading
A Publishing Schedule (I’m Just Thinking Out Loud…)
This blog is updated erratically. That must change. It’s not that I don’t enjoy writing this blog, it’s just that my mind jumps around quite a bit and sometimes I become so paralyzed by the possibilities that I don’t get … Continue reading
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Yes, I’m a Creative. No I don’t Support SOPA/PIPA.
I was going to write this really elegant post about why authors should be concerned about two bills going through legislation, Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, and how these bills would affect them. But someone’s already done … Continue reading
Childhood Pleasures
The shift in temperature as summer flows into autumn always reminds me of childhood…and the things I miss from that bygone time. Drinking a mug of hot Ovaltine on a chilly evening Chewing fruit punch flavored Bubblicious gum Skipping rope … Continue reading
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Goodreads Book Recommendations
It looks like someone at Goodreads has their eyes and ears open. A while back, I talked about how there needs to be a rating/recommendation system for books similar to Netflix. Today, when I logged in to update my Goodreads … Continue reading
2012 Writer’s Market Shillin’ It Up on Amazon
This post could also be titled, Why It’s Important to Check a Reviewer’s Profile Before Clicking the Buy Now Button. So, it’s that time of year again…the time for all the aspiring authors to go out and purchase their appropriate … Continue reading
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Bungling My Way Through Bookbinding
If I’m going to be an author, I should probably learn how to bind a book, right? At least it seemed logical when I was purchasing At Home with Handmade Books by Erin Zamrzla, and the hemp cord, and awl, … Continue reading
In Less Depressing News and Painterly Things
It’s been quiet around here—no reviews, no reading or writing updates, no artwork—for the past couple of weeks because I’ve been dealing with some personal issues that cropped up. But rather than let myself wallow in my festering pool of … Continue reading
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