Monthly Archives: May 2012

Memorial Day. Thank you.

My words are insufficient to honor the men and women who have given their lives in defense of our nation and our freedoms. Thank you. W.E. Linde

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Feeding the e-Beast: will the eBook revolution overwhelm authors? #writing #reading

I just read a very interesting article published in the Christian Science Monitor. It was actually published almost a week ago, but I was so busy I had to save it for later. I’m glad I came back to it. … Continue reading

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The Accidental Astronomer: Watching the Eclipse from the Fringe

My neighbor called me up yesterday afternoon. “I’m setting up my telescope to watch the eclipse. Want to come?” If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you probably know that I routinely repost/tweet images from NASA. I think of … Continue reading

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Meet amazingly gifted #photographer Frank Schillinger @grindmaster #ebook #writing

I’d like to introduce you all to Frank Schillinger, an extremely talented photographer who hails from Germany that I met through blogging. Frank has a breathtaking portfolio, and is looking to expand his presence into the world of book/eBook covers … Continue reading

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Now this is embarrassing: the lightening that would have struck twice #writing #editing

I published a blog update shortly after the beta readers for The Prince of Graves had finished their work. The article, Lightening Strikes and Hoards, described how my beta readers had found some pretty bone-headed grammar mistakes. One of the … Continue reading

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Bringing a sword (and a ghost) to a gun fight. Is genre-hopping a good idea?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been re-reading and re-editing my first manuscript, Chasing After Vanity. As you may recall, Vanity is a crime-humor story (the prologue is linked above in the main menu bar). In addition, I’ve been spending … Continue reading

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#FlashFriday The Last Prince #flashfiction

This short piece of fiction was inspired by the image you see here. It’s a close up of a painting I stumbled across in the Louvre, in Paris. I took an extreme close up of one portion of this painting, the … Continue reading

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