My sons are growing up fast, and one of the things my wife has been having fun with is teaching them the concept of family. She will ask them “who is a Henrion”, “who is a Ross” (her maiden name), “who is a Holdwick” (my sister’s married name). They seem to be having a lot… [Read more…]
September 13, 2010
I for one am not a proponent or enjoyer of advertising. The limited tv I watch is made so much better by DVR, to skip through the commercials. We were having a discussion about the back ads in ebooks to correspond with our printed editions. You know, those pages at the end of a printed… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
“It’s absolutely absurd to devalue our product but I’m not surprised because our industry is populated by nincompoops.” - thebookseller.com To start, let me say that I am not an economist. I have an MBA, but that just gives me enough background to be extremely dangerous. I’ve read various philosophers, Smith, Marx, Hayek, and Friedman… [Read more…]
August 24, 2010
My sister was due to have her first baby today, but as of now, no news yet. Her and her husband decided to not find out if the baby was a boy or a girl, which makes it hard to buy a baby gift. So here are some of our options. 1. I like this… [Read more…]
August 9, 2010
Life is tripping by way too fast now. Hitting the road again down to the Ohio Valley after a week of birthdays for the wife and kids (an expensive week). My mind is shot, I am behind on almost everything, I let some things fall through the cracks (sorry blogfest), and haven’t had much to… [Read more…]
July 22, 2010
This is a question I have thought about for several years after reading a work by a lesser known author who shall remain nameless. The story he crafted took place in the deep south in the early part of the 20th century. As you can imagine, the dialogue of the characters was peppered with derogatory… [Read more…]
July 19, 2010
Haha…my serial western has been kicked off smashwords. I started its own blog page here which is probably better because it can be RSS-ified. http://brodiejackson.wordpress.com I am migrating the chapters that were already posted there to the new site. Get Yur Grit On!
July 11, 2010
Today I went through my library in the basement and started boxing up old books that I never read. I like the feeling of having most of my books in digital format, and living in a small house with two growing boys, we really need all the shelf space we can muster. I didn’t box… [Read more…]
July 10, 2010
I am a big fan of westerns…and I feel like a tool for even saying that! I love the Sergio Leone films, the Robert B. Parker Appaloosa series, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, and recently Robert Olmstead’s Far Bright Star. I had an idea for a western that I have started plotting out. As there is… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
Has this ever happened to you? I have been struggling for awhile now with the new story/novel/haiku I have been working on. I just could not get it to flow, and it seemed that I just couldn’t keep myself interested in it. You know it’s bad when even the person who is writing it doesn’t… [Read more…]
December 1, 2010
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