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The importance of getting it wrong
I have a near-complete collection of Charles Schulz Peanuts books from childhood and was looking at a few of them the other night. I am not sure why. Maybe in search of a quiet place to rest my mind....
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When computers make us cry
People are both a great deal dumber AND a great deal smarter than computers. That is the problem. Especially if you are an ordinary mid-level user like me. Computers expand our reach (you would not be...
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What indie publishing is like: “I’m a Fool”
No, I am NOT referring to the “fool” part of the title. I’m no more a fool than anyone pursuing a vocation. I’m a Fool is a 38-minute film made in 1976 as part of the PBS American Short Story...
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The blind spot
No one has ever asked me the condescending question “what makes you think your novel is good enough to be published?” If anyone did ask, my first response would be “other people have told me so.”...
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Body and soul
Why does it matter that we pursue our dreams? I thought about this question as I read Catherine Ryan Howard’s blog about the pressure put on Irish secondary (high school) students to do well on...
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Bluegrass music / life among the indies
When I lived in Washington, DC, I discovered that I love bluegrass music. Then I discovered that the DC area was the bluegrass capital of the USA, which sounds extremely unlikely, but was true enough...
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Nook owner to indies: remember Epub
Last June I bought a Nook Color and am happy with it. I would buy it again. There are two standards for ebooks: Mobi (Amazon) and Epub (Barnes & Noble, Apple, and others). When I chose the Nook, I...
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Popular?
I was thinking about popularity—what it is and what it means—in the context of NBC’s fine series SMASH being cancelled because not enough people watched it (apparently). That means it had only a few...
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Six authentic voices
There are—what?—about a million and a half books in the world, and their number is going to be increased by 1 in the next couple of weeks, when WARNING: SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING joins them, first as...
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Blogging at medium.com
My first blog at medium.com: Ambition and the Indie Author This one is for the writers.Filed under: Self-publishing, The writing life Tagged: ambition, Self-publishing, vocation
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