Tales from FAR Manor

Monday night, I saw this tweet: Being the diplomatic soul that I am, I responded “I call BS” before even reading the article. Then, ...

The Pickups and Pestilence  launch party is over, the prizes have been handed out … and White Pickups  is still 99¢. I think I’ll wait for ...

Launch Cannon: Fire! Come back often over the next several days, there will be updates. The raffle is now in place! I’m both happy ...

Welcome to the Indie Life edition of Writing Wibbles. Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end, and see what other indies have to say abou...

Last week’s big news was that the Department of Justice went ahead with an expected suit against Apple and five of the “Big 6” publishers,...

Hey look, a new follower slipped in at the last minute: Sonya Clark . A couple weeks ago, I got a peek at the first part of her novel in pro...

Some medium-sized news this week — but first, let’s greet the new followers! LynnCee Faulk — a fellow #FridayFlash’er and fellow Planet Ge...

… or “Boobs, Books, and Buzz.” Or "Marketing 101 in the Internet Age.” Have you heard the names “Hayley Williams” and “Paramore”? Until...

My blog-buddy Beth has gotten the idea of putting more of her writing on her blog. I think that’s a great idea, but of course I would ! Sh...

Just in case you haven’t heard yet, the British band Radiohead is taking online pre-orders for their new album . That’s nothing out of the o...

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” — Genesis 1:26a Does God look like us? Do we really look like Him? Or does...

Continued from Part III (start at Part I ) IV. The Passives (reprise) “Babe?” “Yeah?” “Did you ever think things would be… I don’t know… dif...

Continued from Part II (start at Part I ) “If he tries to bring it in the bathroom while I’m taking a shower,” his wife growls, “I’ll kill h...

Continued from Part I II. The Producer The phone rings. Husband and wife look at each other for a moment, and he says, “I’ve got it, I’m clo...

This is a true story. That’s not to say I saw it happen, but I have seen its light shining from sites like Blogger, MySpace, and YouTube; it...

O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter blog recently ran a short article about the concerns over long-term preservation of today’s digital media. It’s an ...

Seems that the photography industry has started quietly shaking out: Konica/Minolta is throwing in the towel and Nikon is dumping most of i...

Auntie Beeb is a couple of days behind Tales from FAR Manor , but gets it right : the creative engine is shifting from Hollywood to the Inte...

So crazy, in fact, I want to do it. But not this year. November is National Novel Writing Month ( NaNoWriMo ), the writers’ version of motor...

On Saturday, I wrote about publishers suing Google over the proposed Google Print service. Like the music and movie industries, book publis...