Have you ever wanted to play a certain video game but didn’t have the time or motivation to go for it? I know I have. I found an answer to this dilemma with YouTube. I started out by watching videos of entire games that I believed I would never play myself. Gradually, I discovered enough …
Category: Writers
Aug 01
Editor’s Note: Author Promotion Strategies
Sisyphus, from Greek Mythology, rolls a boulder uphill for eternity. With each attempt, the boulder rolls back downhill and Sysyphus must start the task anew. This is the author’s task once a book is published. Some authors think that the publisher does (or should do) most of the promotion to sell their books. They might …
Jul 23
Oh Dear, Deer!
Crow Story, Part Four. Sunday morning dawns chilly for the first weekend of summer. Swift, sporadic clouds rush overhead as Fred, our four dogs, and I appear to have the park to ourselves. The wind blows predominantly out of the West and slaps our faces as soon we’re over the footbridge. We start …
Jul 21
Havana, A Subtropical Delirium
Have you ever thought of a city as a person, as someone who is alive and waiting to make your acquaintance? This is a new idea for me. It came after I started reading Havana* by Mark Kurlansky. He begins by saying in the Prologue, “If I were ever to make an old-fashioned film noir…I …
Jul 16
Priceless Garage Sale People
When you gather misfit belongings of your household, open your garage door, and offer the no-longer-treasured personal property for a pittance to the public, you’re going to come face to face with strangers you would never have intentionally thought about inviting into your home. And oh, what a shame it is that we don’t do …