We throw around the word "conspiracy" far too much these days. We say that everything is a conspiracy (or, worse, a "gate"). And, I mean, given what the Russians are doing to manipulate the American [...]
We're now two days out from the release of my new novel, After the Apocalypse. I'm pretty excited about it. I've been working on it for six years -- well, actually, I had it done [...]
If you follow me on any social media and don't live under a rock, you know that I wrote a new novelette and released it last month. Let me pause for a moment while you [...]
My birthday is this month (as is our esteemed editor's, as it happens). I'm not looking forward to it. In fact, for the past several years, I haven't looked forward to my birthday. It's just... [...]
It's finally happened. You're fed up with your job, and you want a change. Or maybe you were downsized and need to find work. Job hunting sucks. It's hard. It's basically a full-time job -- [...]
I told my editor I was going to write this article and his response was, "Only five?!?!?!" I'm trying to keep this shit light, yo. My love for all things Fifty Shades of Grey is [...]
By now you'd think that even parents would have figured out technology, right? At least the basic stuff -- texting, e-mailing, web surfing, simple printer setups, and so on. But if you went to visit [...]
Welcome to the first installment of Shameless Plug Sunday. What’s it all about, you ask. Well I’ll tell you. Shameless Plug Sunday is going to be where we give out endorsements and plugs for companies [...]
I was originally going to start this out by suggesting six of the best webcomics for you to add to your reader/Facebook/whatever-catcher you use, but let's be honest... we're all already reading XKCD, Questionable Content, [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… things about social media (for writers)
If you're a writer, having a social media presence is pretty damn important. After all, where are your readers going to go to learn more about you, your books, what's happening, and what you're working [...]