Spent the weekend at WisCon and hung out with a number of people and talked on panels. Much of my time was spent talking to new authors and readers, but I did get the chance to hang out with Matt Forbeck, Monte Cook and a few local authors. The show takes on a professional tone; […]
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The IP Crackdown Cometh
I’d like to call your attention to a piece of legislation floating around the Senate right now. Dubbed the “Protect IP Act of 2011,” this legislation targets the businesses and parties associated with a website that has illegal files. Read Senate Bill 968, the Protect IP Act of 2011 (PDF) here. Unfortunately, this legislation is […]
Ditching the Ego in Favor of the Basics
One of the things I’ve been doing, is nurturing my inner artist. It’s something I haven’t done in a long, long time. Not because I didn’t make room for it, but because I was hung up on something. I was never sure what that was, until a few weeks ago. My ideas are sophisticated, but […]
For Businesses, Social Media is Still Marketing
Someone sent me “Why I Will Never, Ever Hire a Social Media Expert” this morning and asked me what I thought. In it, Peter Shankman talks about how he’ll never hire a “social media expert.” It’s a scathing article that touches on what’s happening right now in online marketing. Namely, businesses flock to a “tool” […]
The Hard Question for New Writers
I’ve talked about this a little before, about how we live in an age of immediacy. We have many tools that allow us to instantly connect with anyone, anywhere else in the world. I feel this connectivity is a double-edged sword because of something very simple, yet very important to all creative people. Before I […]