One of the perks of being an author is the opportunity to prostitute—er, I mean, promote—your work at various conferences throughout the world. Over the past five or six years, I’ve attended events as close to home as the L.A. Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus, and as far away as Worldcon in […]
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Keeping with the theme of summer vacations (and with the economic recession in mind), here’s an idea for those of you considering taking the kids to Disneyland this year… One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an
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Anyone else doing any traveling this summer? Don’t miss your chance to make some of those lasting family memories… The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we’d all pile into the car—I forget what kind it was—and drive and drive. I’m not sure where we’d go, but I think
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While scrolling through my online movie choices this evening via Netflix, I ran across Battlefield Earth. For those who spend their time living under rocks, this is widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made. Having never seen it for myself, a morbid sense of curiosity overtook me. I mean, really, how bad
To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kinda scary. I’ve wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad. — Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
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I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that I’d just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway. — Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
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Digging through the closet the other day, I came across an old book, Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. Anyone else remember these? Amusing sayings that, as far as I know, began as micro segments on “Saturday Night Live.” When I was in college, they were on greeting cards that I mailed to friends (yes, we still used
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I’m often about 3-4 weeks behind in my viewing of theatrical releases, mostly because I like to wait until the crowds have thinned… giving me a better chance to listen to the movie rather than the guy munching on popcorn and candy behind me, who seems to take pride in telling everyone around him what’s happening
In chatting with other authors, I’ve found that the most common question a writer is asked is, “Where do you get your ideas?” The most common answer? Anywhere and everywhere. We get them from history and current events, from the books we read, movies we watch, and music we listen to. We get them while
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One of the most useful steps I took in the road to getting published was to attend writers conferences. It’s something I recommend to all up-and-coming writers who are having trouble getting their work to that next level. Since not all writers conferences are created equally, here’s a review from one that a friend of mine recently
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