2010: Looking Back and Looking Forward (Resolutions)
Well, it’s the New Year, and things are gearing up to be rather exciting for 2010. I’m going to be changing a lot of things (on this blog, in my writing life, and in my personal life), for one, and, as I mentioned here, I’m going to be quite busy. But, a good way to […]
The 2009 WISB Awards!
With 2009 almost over, it’s about time to toss out some of my worthless WISB Awards to the fine folks who deserve them (if I could make them worth something, I would, but I’m unfortunately not the Nebula’s). You can see previous winners at the following links: 2008; 2007. Some things are changing this year, […]
Top 20 Posts For 2009
Well, lots of other folks are doing it, so I thought I would to. Here are the top twenty posts of the year for The World in the Satin Bag. Oddly enough, some of these posts were top posts last year, and have been at the top since I posted them. Don’t ask me why. […]
Video Found: 156 Countries Sing Together
This video just about made me cry. It’s beautiful and it’s a reminder that there are still good people all over the world, all capable of setting aside petty differences to unite for a common goal. I think our governments could learn a thing or two from them. Anyway, the video is meant to raise […]
Ebooks Prices: Now I Understand
I’ve recently been trying to convert the first issue of Survival By Storytelling into a Kindle ebook, thinking it would be a fairly easy process. Technology had other ideas. Here’s what I thought was going to happen: I’d go online, pop the file into Amazon’s conversion tool, and end up with a slightly imperfect file. […]
UPS Fail (Again)
So apparently UPS was unable to deliver another package to me, this time from the Hatchette group (i.e. more books). The reason this time? Apparently the recipient was unauthorized or some such nonsense. Now, I don’t know about you, but if the address is correct (and they clearly have my address, since they sent me […]