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Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

The InvisiblePeople.tv Book

Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Books, Society | No Comments »

I've been tweeting and blogging about the SXSW Pepsi Challenge all weekend (and will be until midnight tonight) trying to win a $50,000-grant for homeless advocate Mark Horvath and his InvisiblePeople.tv project. A few tweets could earn Mark the support ...

Least of These Video Chat

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in Books, Writing | 1 Comment »

You may remember that I recently published a book. It's a little sci-fi post-apocalyptic novel called Least of These with a killer cover (you can download a free copy or buy the paperback for $9.99). Yesterday I sat down and did ...

Reading a Chapter from My Book

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Books, Writing | No Comments »

There I am, sitting in my grandmother's rocking chair reading the first chapter from my novel, Least of These. It's kind of like attending an author reading at your favorite bookstore, except you can be in your house and I ...

I’ve Got a New Book: Least of These

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Books, Writing | No Comments »

My post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel Least of These is now published and widely available (the e-mail newsletter subscribers got the early word last night: subscribe now to be in the know). So much to talk about, I don't even know where ...

Interview with Jonathan Blundell, Author of St. Peter’s Brewery

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Books | No Comments »

Way back before Christmas (seems like years ago) a friend of mine, Jonathan Blundell, announced that he'd published a novel. Intrigued, I ordered myself a copy and finished it before the end of the year. It's called St. Peter's Brewery ...

2009 Reading List

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Books | 6 Comments »

Every year I keep a list of the books I read and every year I post that list for kicks. I don't know what anybody else gets out of it, but I enjoy it. This is perhaps the third year in ...

An Awesome Book

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in Books | No Comments »

Barney Stinson would be proud. An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton is, well, awesome. It's beautifully illustrated, clever and fun. If you don't believe me, go read it for yourself. Seriously. You can read the entire book, cover to cover, ...

Gmail Down? 25% Off Lulu Today Only

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Books, Writing | 2 Comments »

You may have heard about the big Gmail fail today when Google's mail app went down for an hour and 45 minutes. It was a tech apocalypse of so-so proportions. But it gets fun when on-demand publisher Lulu.com offered a 25% ...

Harry Potter & The Half-Hearted Movie

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Books, Movies | 5 Comments »

OK, need to get this off my chest. Here comes the fan-boy movie rant, complete with spoilers and incoherence. You might want to just move along. We went to see the new Harry Potter flick last night, Harry Potter and the ...

The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »

Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...