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I use to joke about having one of those de-motivational posters with a poster of a NASCAR crash and the caption, “Road Rage: The Art of Making Lifelong Enemies During a Fifteen Minute Commute.”
People just don’t get the joke.
Someone once suggested I replace the NASCAR picture with a picture from a traffic jam. Like, for real.
What would be the fun in that? Read more
“I will pour out my Spirit
on every kind of people:
Your sons will prophesy,
also your daughters.
Your old men will dream,
your young men will see visions.”Joel 2:28 (The Message)
Lately, I’ve been having the strangest dreams. Some of them, I think, would make great stories. A couple of weeks ago I had a dream about a washed-up lawman whose demons cost him his marriage and his job. He has no reason to live until someone kidnaps his young daughter, and then those old lawman instincts kick up and he goes on a hunt for whoever was responsible—along the way, reclaiming his purpose and finding redemption.
Cinematic, eh? Read more
Today, I have an interview with prolific fantasy author R. G. Porter, author of the DARKNESS UNLEASHED and DEMON’S GATE series of paranormal novels, as well as the upcoming GUARDIANS OF NATURE series. Mrs. Porter has hit on a very successful formula and—as evidenced from the sheer number of books she’s written—is making a huge impact on the indie scene.
Without further delay, here is the interview you’ve all been waiting for.
Could you tell us about yourself and your writing?
Well, I’ve lived from the midwest to the far south and now I reside in Texas for the moment. I work fulltime during the week and write whenever I can get the chance. I’ve loved writing for as far back as I can remember. I love the feeling of immersing myself in creating a word, a conflict and seeing the characters resolve their issues. Read more
Kindle Fire. I have it, I like it, and I think it will be a huge success if Amazon can manage the expectations of its customers.
Contrary to the hype that’s been swirling around the media, the Kindle Fire is no real competition to the iPad, except in the sense that many people (including myself) lump all tablets into one big category the same way some people (not me) lump all laptops into one category. If you accept the premise that the iPad 2 is the MacBook Pro of tablet computing, then the Kindle Fire is the tablet equivalent of a netbook–very good at doing what it was designed to do, but designed to do only the things that a majority of people do the most and not to meet the demands of power users.
To put it another way, the iPad 2 is like a powerful and complex DSLR camera compared to the Kindle Fire as a point-and-shoot. For most people, I’d imagine, the Kindle Fire is more than enough to get the job done. Read more
This week I’m continuing the series of interviews with author Lynn Hubbard, whose specialty is historical romance. She has several works available, including a young adult romance titled Return to Love. Her latest release is 5-star rated Chase the Moon. Today she sits down for my ten questions:
Could you tell us about yourself and your writing?
I am a single mom and love it! I love animals and traveling. I write Romance, I believe fantasy is way better than the real thing! At least in my experience!
I see on your Amazon page that you’ve written several historical / western romances as well as a young adult romance. What prompted you to write the YA novel? Read more
Today I have an interview with Sarah Woodbury, an author who writes novels set in medieval times with a scholar’s knowledge. For some insight into her extensive knowledge of history, check out some of the entries on her blog. Here’s a look at her latest book:
The Good Knight (A Medieval Mystery)
Intrigue, suspicion, and rivalry among the royal princes casts a shadow on the court of Owain, king of north Wales…
The year is 1143 and King Owain seeks to unite his daughter in marriage with an allied king. But when the groom is murdered on the way to his wedding, the bride’s brother tasks his two best detectives—Gareth, a knight, and Gwen, the daughter of the court bard—with bringing the killer to justice.
And once blame for the murder falls on Gareth himself, Gwen must continue her search for the truth alone, finding unlikely allies in foreign lands, and ultimately uncovering a conspiracy that will shake the political foundations of Wales. Read more
Sunday, October 16th, reinging Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained on lap 12 of the Izod IndyCar series season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Weldon was 33 years old, and left behind a wife and two children. Upon hearing news of Weldon’s passing, drivers and race officials cancelled the remainder of the event, offering instead a 5-lap parade of the remaining race cars circling at pace-lap speeds as a bizarre impromptu tribute to Wheldon.
The incident that claimed Weldon’s life involved fourteen cars in total, several of which went airborne and erupted into fireballs as they disintegrated against the track’s catch-fence. The cause of the accident was evident from numerous camera angles—too many cars running too fast and too close on a track designed for the big, heavy cars of NASCAR, not the light, open-cockpit cars of IndyCar. Read more
Today I have a treat in the form of an interview with author Jean Marie Bauhaus. She took some time and put a lot of thought into the answers she gave, and I very much appreciate it. It makes these interviews so worthwhile.
Ghost hunter Veronica “Ron” Wilson gets killed in the line of duty; but after she herself becomes a ghost, trapped in the house where she died, she realizes that the mystery has just begun. She and several other ghosts are being held prisoner in the house by the same sadistic spirit that killed them. Their captor likes to entertain itself by torturing its fellow ghosts, and as if that isn’t bad enough, it appears to have the ability to kill ghosts, devouring the poor souls for whom it no longer has any use. Ron’s only hope is to convince the other terrified ghosts to rally together to find a way to defeat the evil spirit so they can move on to their final rest. But Ron’s not in any hurry to get there once she discovers that there’s still a lot of living to do after death.
Of all the STeve Jobs stories floating around today, I found this one to be quite elegant, profound, and worthy of reposting:
Steven P. Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was just 56 years old. We mourn his passing, and wish his family the very best.
Let’s address this up front: Gizmodo and Steve Jobs had, at best, a tumultuous relationship. Yet no matter how much he may have hated us, we admired him.
No, that’s not quite right. We loved him.
Read the rest at Gizmodo.
I never met Steve Jobs, and I have a funny feeling I probably wouldn’t have gotten along with the guy very well. But ever since I learned video editing on a PowerMac G5 running Final Cut Pro 5, I’ve been a big fan of the company he co-created. Between the iPhone, my two MacBook Pros, and the iPod classic I stopped listening to when I got the iPhone, I’ve probably spent more of the last 5 years using Apple products than those of any other company (except maybe General Motors).
It’s with sadness and shock that I learn of the passing of Steve Jobs tonight. A great visionary and businessman has left the world and taken his ideas and wisdom with him. He will be thought of often in the days, weeks, and years to come. I expect sales of the soon-to-be released biography will skyrocket; I suspect a copy will be on my Kindle.
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.
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