Five Lessons from Writing a Novel in a Month
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Writing | No Comments »Yesterday I announced that I had finished writing my 2008 National Novel Writing Month effort, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel called The Least. This was my third attempt at writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days (that's 1,667 words per day). ...
NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »I finished. I just crossed the 50,000-word mark, wrapped up my epilogue and stuck a fork in The Least, my 2008 National Novel Writing Month novel. Whew. It was quite a sprint at the end, when I wrote more than 6,500 words ...
Winston Erlandson, 1927-2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »My wife's grandfather, Winston Erlandson, passed away on Wednesday. Since local newspaper web sites are notorious for not leaving content online, I'm going to reprint the obituary here. Unfortunately the obituary doesn't tell you much about who Win really was (obituaries ...
NaNoWriMo 2008 Update
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »For those who don't remember or haven't been paying attention, I'm participating in my third National Novel Writing Month right now. That's when I consume massive amounts of chocolate and caffeine and write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. After ...
You Can Change the World: Blank2Clothe.com
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing, Society | 1 Comment »Last week I yo-yoed and clothed a homeless teen. Here's how it works: Virgin Mobile set up Blank2Clothe.com where anyone can submit a video*. They approve the video and donate one article of clothing to one of the millions of homeless ...
You Can Change the World: Paso a Paso
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Art, Society | No Comments »A friend of mine and his family spent six months in Guatemala finalizing the adoption of their second child. That experience inspired them both artistically and practically: "It is a land of great beauty, but marred by devastating poverty and instability. ...
The Guy Kawasaki Bump
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »On Tuesday I picked a fight with marketing guru Guy Kawasaki on Twitter. I called him out on what I considered to be a questionable marketing practice and he engaged in a little debate. I blogged about it in order ...
You Can Change the World: Invisible People
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Society, Technology | No Comments »Mark is unemployed, his home is in foreclosure and he's six weeks from homelessness. Again. Sixteen years ago Mark was homeless in Hollywood. And now on the brink of homeless again, Mark is telling the story of the homeless. Armed ...
You Can Change the World: Moving to Uganda to Adopt
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Adoption, Society | No Comments »In 2005 the Palmer family of Tulsa, Okla. started the process to adopt Francis, an orphaned child in Uganda. In January the Palmers—all six of them—will be moving to Jinja, Uganda to unite their family under one roof and finalize ...
I Picked a Fight with Guy Kawasaki
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing, Technology | 41 Comments »Last night I picked a fight with Guy Kawasaki on Twitter. For those who don't know, Kawasaki is a marketing genius, former brand evangelist for Apple and current venture capitalist. He's a big name. One of his current projects is ...
