The Perfect Meal Ready For Some Public Consumption

Last night I sent out several email invites to some suckers, er, friends, yeah friends and family members to download an advance copy of my very first book entitled, The Perfect Meal. Other than the obligatory good comments I received from my little sister (no, I did not pay her. Yet.) I only received one […]

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Story Engineering For Dummies Like Me!

Taking on the task of writing a novel which is something more than a diary or worse, is not for the feint of heart. The reality is, there are things unknown and not understood which will serve to defeat the aspiring author. Every time. Period. Good news? Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks is here, now, to help save the day and an otherwise less than great story.

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Anyone Have YOURLS Working On an NginX Server?

Started serving static files (images, pdfs, txt files, etc.) from a spare domain I have several months ago. It’s short at 5 letters, so I was thinking this might be a great set up for doing my own URL shortening as well. Because I run NginX and FastCGI to power my WordPress installs, I often […]

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What Should I Know Before Committing To Freelance Copy Writing?

I’ve been putting a lot of thought of late into moving full steam into the arena of Freelance Copy Writing. I was turned on to the concept a while back, early on in my SEO writing activities and as a result bought into Peter Bowerman’s “The Well-Fed Writer”. I actually was more interested in his […]

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When Is One At the Bottom of the Barrel?

You know life has sunk about as far as possible (from a tech perspective, at least) when you are: Pet sitting for your mother’s business because you can’t find a decent tech job, While rushing out to the mailbox to get the Netflix out before the mail truck comes back up the road, you discover […]

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37 Signals

OMGosh! This is just too funny. Thank goodness we live in a country where artists can create something as fun, interesting AND effective as this little faux ad selling 37 Signals newest book, “Rework” It’s a quick watch. Enjoy!

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