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10 Years and 30 Titles: Reflections on a Decade of Indie Publishing

10 Years and 30 Titles: Reflections on a Decade of Indie Publishing

As of this post, I have released my 30th title into the wild, a new story from Normie Dan. And in a few weeks, I will have...

Quitting the Premier League: A Greed Too Gross to Ignore

Quitting the Premier League: A Greed Too Gross to Ignore

I have been a football (soccer) fan my entire life. Back in the 1990s, professional football was hard to watch in the...

Review of Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

Review of Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

In the stand-up comedy world, there are very few "pillar" comics. Popular comics can always trace their roots to a few...

Review of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Review of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

If you have never heard of Neil deGrasse Tyson, you can think of him as the cultural heir to Carl Sagan. He is always...

Review of Bossypants by Tina Fey

Review of Bossypants by Tina Fey

One of my favorite book genres is comedian memoirs. I don't particularly enjoy memoirs as a primary genre, but I really...

Review of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Review of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

After many decades of calling this planet home, and after many decades of reading my way through countless books, I can...

Review of Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir by Norm Macdonald

Review of Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir by Norm Macdonald

It's no secret that celebrities use ghostwriters for their memoirs. It's the main reason why I find them generally...

Review of What If? by Randall Munroe

Review of What If? by Randall Munroe

Every reader knows that super special feeling. You are reading a new book, your enjoyment keeps growing, and then a...

Review of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt

Review of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt

Every now and then I will read a book that I was wholly unprepared for. I had a notion of what to expect, but then the...

Breaking Up with Big Tech: Goodbye Sony PlayStation, Hello Retro Consoles

Breaking Up with Big Tech: Goodbye Sony PlayStation, Hello Retro Consoles

Welcome to the latest episode of my blog series Breaking Up with Big Tech. This is a painful one. I have been a dedicated...

My Favorite Simulations: Ranking All Ten Twisted Tales

My Favorite Simulations: Ranking All Ten Twisted Tales

Let's get the obvious out of the way. Asking an author to rank their works is like asking a parent to rank their children....

Review of Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Review of Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson

I have been a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed educator and astrophysicist, for as long as I can remember. I greatly...

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That Time My Book was Optioned For a Feature Film

That Time My Book was Optioned For a Feature Film

It recently occurred to me that I have told this story a million times, but never wrote it down. Longtime readers will know...

Breaking Up with Big Tech: Taking Back My Privacy, Sanity, and Security

Breaking Up with Big Tech: Taking Back My Privacy, Sanity, and Security

Windows 11 was the last straw. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided to release a bug-laden "upgrade" to their OS in...

No, I’m Not on Facebook (And No Author Should Be)

No, I’m Not on Facebook (And No Author Should Be)

I am fully aware that I will receive some pushback for this post, but it's one that I feel needs to be written. Most of my...

Gusty Winds May Exist: My Strange Connection to Douglas Adams

Gusty Winds May Exist: My Strange Connection to Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams has been my favorite author since childhood. I celebrate the man's entire library and I am always in the mood...

Ego Death: How the Music Industry Made Me a Better Writer

Ego Death: How the Music Industry Made Me a Better Writer

I often credit the music industry for making me a better writer, but not in the way you might think. I wrote a ton of music...

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An Author’s Guide to Comic Cons: How to Leverage a Marketing Bonanza

As an author, what if I told you that there are places in the world where your core audience gathers in large numbers to...

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