Writing Caution: Haiku May Lead to Drinking Beer With Friends 28 Nov 20135 May 2023 Oh, my goodness gracious! Yesterday, I posted 26 of my beer haiku on this blog. As usual, I posted a link on Facebook and Twitter. The Facebook link said: Haiku:…
Writing Haiku: Celebrating Beer in Verse 27 Nov 20135 May 2023 I confess. I'm cheating. I originally wrote this as a column for the Local Rag in November of 2009. The Local Rag is shifting over to a new website, and…
Captioning One for the bucket list: Giving a TED talk 22 Nov 20135 May 2023 My bucket list is an eclectic — and rather lengthy — collection of things. I've crossed some cool stuff off of that list: competing in a rodeo, being profiled in…
Books How to ban a book in your local school 17 Nov 20135 May 2023 Graphic blogs are all the rage these days, but I've never tried doing one. I'm not really much of an artist. I was, however, a computer science major back in…
Promotion It would seem obvious… 23 Oct 201327 Feb 2025 Though I've posted many book signing tips here, there are a few things that seem so blatantly, searingly obvious that I haven't bothered to write about them. I suppose I…
Books… Can’t writers all just get along? 12 Oct 20131 Feb 2026 Before addressing the main issue of this post, I'd like to provide a bit of background. When somebody hits that magic "follow" button on my blog, I get an email…
Books… Networking at PNBA 2013 12 Oct 20131 Feb 2023 A couple of days ago, I wrote a bit about the PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association) conference in Portland, Oregon. What an amazing event! I had an opportunity to meet dozens…
Writing Giving away books on Goodreads 11 Oct 20131 Feb 2023 I'm running a book giveaway for the next 30 days on Goodreads. If you are already using Goodreads, just follow the link below to enter for a free copy of…
Promotion Book Signings at PNBA: Above and Beyond 7 Oct 20131 Feb 2026 My dual personality is in full bloom today. It's the first day of the PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association) conference in Portland, Oregon. I have been going to bookseller conferences…
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