Writing Book Review: “Bitterroot,” by James Lee Burke 2 Jun 20114 May 2020 Some years back, I attended a Montana book conference that featured a panel discussion on writing "tough guy" characters. On the panel were writers I was very familiar with, like…
Writing Pints for Prostates 1 Jun 201117 Nov 2017 In 2009, my wife and I had the pleasure of attending the first annual Denver Rare Beer Tasting, put on by an organization called Pints for Prostates. It was a…
Writing My day? This made my whole MONTH! 31 May 201131 Jan 2026 These days, with 96.4% of our incoming email consisting of spam (warning: that link opens a pop-up ad), I often dread opening my email. I do have one fewer email…
Publishing eBook Platforms: An author’s perspective 30 May 20111 Feb 2026 In 2003, I created a booklet based on a pamphlet written by Fay Kuhlman. Entitled The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943, it sold…
Publishing Book contracts, textbooks, and going out-of-print 29 May 20111 Feb 2026 When I wrote The Closed Captioning Handbook, I had no agent, so I negotiated the contract myself. It looked pretty straightforward, and it looked like I was covered in the…
Publishing How to Design a Book Cover That Annoys Booksellers 26 May 201112 Jan 2026 I originally wrote this article for Writer’s Weekly in 2003. It can be seen in its original form on their website. As both an author and the owner of a (very) independent bookstore,…
Articles The Beer Snob Explores Mead 22 Dec 201030 Mar 2022 This article was originally published in the November 2010 issue of the Local Rag newspaper in my "Beer Snob" column. Most people think of beer as fermented barley and wine…
Articles… Transmitting Court Documents Safely 1 Apr 20005 May 2023 This article appeared in the March 2000 issue of Law Technology News. The much-touted “Information Age” has created an incredible degree of access to information, as well as an expectation…
Articles… Logic Design Using Behavioral Models 22 Dec 19995 May 2023 This article first appeared in the January 1984 issue of VLSI Design magazine. In an industry used to simulating integrated circuits using either a digital logic simulator or an analog…
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