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SpaceX Grasshopper 250-meter Test Flight 26 Apr 2013 | 08:24 pm
SpaceX Grasshopper 250-meter Test Flight My dad is a rocket scientist, and I was raised with a household with a keen interest in space exploration. Naturally, I was thrilled to see that SpaceX recentl...
Hugh Howey: Self-publishing is the future — and great for writers 4 Apr 2013 | 11:33 pm
Hugh Howey: Self-publishing is the future — and great for writers Fantastic article about the economic realities of self-publishing: lots of us are earning real cash writing and connecting directly wi...
Abandoned Ship: Cover Art History 4 Apr 2013 | 08:32 am
Hey everybody! I was just looking through my archives for the Abandoned Ship project, and I thought you might be interested in seeing the evolution of cover concepts from my own original cartoonish sk...
A Couple of Big Crazy Ideas to Save Barnes and Noble 2 Apr 2013 | 10:53 am
First of all, let me just say: I adore Barnes & Noble. I worked as a B&N bookseller all throughout high school and college, shelving all sorts of crazy new books and setting aside the most interesting...
102 Reviews 31 Mar 2013 | 03:07 am
This morning, I woke up to a delightful sight: Abandoned Ship has been read and reviewed by more than 100 readers at Amazon.com. And by the time I got around to writing this post, there were two more!...
In Good Company 16 Mar 2013 | 03:00 am
Today, I’ve watched with joy and amazement as Abandoned Ship climbed up the Amazon bestseller list, and at this particular moment, I just had to stop and grab a couple of screenshots. These two books,...
Authors for Wounded Warriors 15 Mar 2013 | 02:12 am
Hey everybody, I just wanted to direct your attention to the Authors for Wounded Warriors program. This is a very cool fundraiser! The organizers are loading up a new Kindle Fire full of eBooks donate...
Big Promo Success 13 Mar 2013 | 05:41 am
Life is good. I planned a two-day promo to give away 20,000 free ebook copies of Abandoned Ship (click here for your free copy), but with still more than five hours left in the first day, I’ve already...
Twenty Thousand Free Books 11 Mar 2013 | 09:57 pm
Tomorrow is a big day for me. Over the past month, I’ve been organizing a big ad campaign and a promotional giveaway for my book Abandoned Ship. And now, less than 12 hours before the campaign goes li...
Save the Trees: Print Books on Straw Rather than Paper 11 Mar 2013 | 08:38 pm
Save the Trees: Print Books on Straw Rather than Paper I love the idea of this. We should be making paper from renewable sources. At the end of every growing season, there’s always leftover plant-matt...
