Last night, the world lost one of its great idea people. When Steve Wozniak, a technical wizard, and Steve jobs, an idea man with charisma, business savvy, and a vision for the future unmatched in the past quarter century. It is a great loss to the world. To the Apple… Continue reading
Here we go again, more bizarre and unethical activity in Arizona, this time by a local business posting commercial advertising under the guise of political advertising. Stingray Sushi of Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ have erected advertising signs for their businesses with only a hint of political content with a token… Continue reading
I had a nice recovery this week from the low productivity last week. I finished the week with a total of 12,873 words. I managed to hit my 1500-word minimum daily quota all seven days this week, including Saturday and Sunday. Weekends are usually very difficult for writing due to… Continue reading
From 20 September to 30 September, all proceeds from my book sales were to be donated to Phoenix Rescue Mission, an organization that feeds the homeless in Phoenix, AZ. I sold 10 copies of Neanderthal Swan Song and two shorter works across various platforms during that 11-day period. The total… Continue reading
Through various channels in Twitter, I came across this blog entry by Stephen Pressfield. The post is mostly about book rights acquisition, and as part of the discussion, he posted either a manufactured profit and loss statement, or one that had the identifying information removed. As a side-effect, this P&L… Continue reading
Making any progress on Rigel Kentaurus at all this week was extremely difficult. There were numerous important commitments that pulled me away from writing. I only managed 3156 words in the past 7 days. The project stands at 51860. This is a Y-shaped story with two story lines merging into… Continue reading
The holidays are coming up once again,and there is a lot of suffering during this economy. While I have been out of a full time job for over two and a half years, there are many people who are FAR worse off than our family. Phoenix Rescue Mission helps to… Continue reading
I’ve decided to start posting a weekly update of projects to hold myself accountable. Neanderthal Swan Song is now available on Smashwords. I finished that over the weekend at the expense of new material. Turnabout is on hold pending the completion of the first draft of Rigel Kentaurus. Rigel Kentaurus… Continue reading
It’s hard to believe it has been ten years since those towers fell. The memories are so vivid in my mind, walking down the stairs on that fateful Tuesday morning to get breakfast. I passed into the living room and walked past the television, a 60-inch behemoth that shows everything… Continue reading
Tim Maughan has been involved with anime and manga for a long time, but has only been a published writer of prose fiction for about a year an a half. I know because at the time, I was editing issue 12 of M-Brane SF. I read Tim’s story and ultimately… Continue reading
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