April 6, 2012 in General Topics
I am an author.
And so are you. And we are different in a hundred ways, but the same in the way that counts: we’ve decided to celebrate the act of putting words before a reader. Read the rest of this entry →
March 30, 2012 in General Topics
I have always loved Star Trek: First Contact, and it’s on my personal list of all-time favorite science fiction films. When one examines it alongside its sister films, it’s easy to see why it worked so well. And in comparison with the other three films, it lays open a host of lessons for an author. What does Picard and company’s second outing teach us that the other three movies don’t?
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March 22, 2012 in General Topics
Well, folks, I really appreciate the suggestions in this last week’s contest to name my upcoming short fiction collection. As it turns out, of all the suggestions, the one that I liked the best was: Read the rest of this entry →
March 16, 2012 in General Topics
Alright folks, here’s the deal. In addition to The Tyrant Strategy series getting launched in late summer \ early fall, I’m also going to be publishing a short fiction collection.
And I need your help naming it. For your ten seconds of time, I offer you a $20 gift card from Target if I use your suggestion.
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March 14, 2012 in General Topics
A story goes that Ray Kroc, the man that made McDonald’s a giant, was asked how he made so much money making hamburgers. He answered the question with his own, asking if anyone thought they made better hamburgers than he did. They said yes. Kroc replied with an important point: he wasn’t in the hamburger business. His strategy was simply using burger sales to pay the mortgage on much juicier commodities — prime real estate locations.
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