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The Old Tradition
When I was a kid, my sister and I looked forward to New Years Eve not because it meant staying up until midnight and not because it meant a new year. It meant making a ton of noise by banging on pots and pans when the big hand reached midnight, and we were always in for that ( Read more... ) -
The Wrong Chapter
I just posted the chapter that makes Cynthia cringe to the Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors podcastI've been having a blast with the podcast. I made the decision to not do any editing as I go along, even though it's tempting at times. I want the story to stand as it was written in 2001 or 2002...whenever I finished the damn novel ( Read more... ) -
The Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors Podcast
The Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors podcast is live!
Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors is the first novel I ever wrote. It’s a humorous coming-of-age story about a family traveling cross country in a possessed station wagon.
In episode 1:
When Michael O’Brien’s father, James, buys a new car just in time for the family vacation, he signs away ( Read more... ) -
PBS Night
Mainly for Jen Thompson...there's a PBS show about Dolly Madison on right now.
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Turning 40 (Pt. 2) (LOTS of Photos Behind the Cuts)
I wrote the first part of this earlier this week.
In late May of this year, several days before I turned 40, I went from feeling like I'd let myself down as a writer to feeling good about things.
Cynthia and I had plans to go to San Antonio, Austin, and camping at Enchanted Rock. My big plan for turning 40 was heading up Enchanted Rock in the ( Read more... ) -
Turning 40 (Pt. 1)
Yeah, I know...I turned 40 at the end of May. I started writing some stuff about it, but never posted it. I've done some traveling with work, worked a lot of overtime, and have been getting out and doing things ( Read more... ) -
Pride of the Red Card
My dad understood two sports: football and boxing. So when I moved to Kansas in sixth grade and told him I played soccer, I may as well have told him [in French] that I wanted to design dresses ( Read more... ) -
Another Big Book Deal (Helped by Internet Buzz)
I recently mentioned Gary Vaynerchuk's huge book deal.
Without his Web presence, it would have never happened.
While not as big, the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author just got a two-book deal.
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Arm Wrasslin'
Mainly putting this here so I remember it for later.
Yeah, it's all in French, but it's a badass site.
A cartooning site that pits artist against artist in their characters' arm wrestling.
Once the arm wrestling starts, the couple things I've had time to check out this morning have been cool...