24 January 2012
I started on my next fiction book set in Thailand and I’m about 11,000 words into it after 2 days. This will not be a sequel to Thailand’s Sickest, but it does relate to the story quite a bit. In fact, if you haven’t yet read that first fiction novel, you should get it so [...]
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19 January 2012
It’s possible, even probable if you have a bunch of fiction books at Amazon, to sell a couple thousand books each day for free. Amazon counts free books downloaded as sold. Why you would want to do that is to get your sales rank to climb. How you can do that – is enroll in [...]
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17 January 2012
I’ve mentioned my brother and sister on this blog occasionally. My sis has a degree in English lit from Penn State, and my brother – I don’t know what in fuck’s name he graduated with – a bachelor’s in bible maybe? Whatever it was. They are both going about their lives in the wrong way. [...]
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16 January 2012
It’s with the regularity of a goddamned metronome. The ringing has a name. It’s Joe Konrath, and if he opens his mouth one more time about how much cash Amazon is trucking to his house – I’m going to call him up on the phone from 10,000 miles away – and scream my lungs and [...]
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15 January 2012
Blast Kills Dozens of Shiite Worshipers in Southern Iraq New York Times – 2 hours ago BAGHDAD – Insurgents mounted another attack against Iraq’s Shiites on Saturday, as an explosion in the southern city of Basra ripped through a group of pilgrims headed to a mosque to commemorate one of the holiest Shiite holidays… I [...]
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27 December 2011
A great video by one of my favorite video bloggers. Do NOT miss 1:18.
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26 December 2011
A couple days ago I went over some of my 2012 goals, but I didn’t know what I was going to try to be top 100 at. Now I know… I’ve decided to try my damnedest to get into the top 100 fastest stair climbers in the world. Stair climbing for fitness
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21 December 2011
I woke up early this morning, and as I drifted between consciousness and not, I thought about the new year. Here are some goals I will accomplish: 1. Be one of the best 100 people in the world at something. It might be a physical activity. It might be something like, knowing the most about [...]
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21 December 2011
Awesome little video, showing the Fedex guy chucking the guy’s monitor over a fence. It’s unbelievable what people do in private. What do you do in private that would astound people? For me, and I’m putting myself out on a limb here to tell you this… I spit on the floor at hotels if I’m [...]
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08 December 2011
Here’s more about the exclusivity stipulation in the Amazon KDP Select program. According to the quoted text below – once you’ve opted into the KDP Select program with one of your books, you can opt back out – but, you must remain EXCLUSIVE with Amazon for the remainder of the term (90 days, I guess) [...]
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08 December 2011
So, part of joining the new Amazon KDP Select program is agreeing to exclusivity with Amazon. They want to be the ONLY channel selling your ebook, and you have to agree to that before you can sign up. Unless you are Michael Lewis – apparently. Michael selling at Barnes and Noble. Michael’s cover for “The [...]
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08 December 2011
Yeah, sure… this Amazon KDP Select program sounds like a tremendous idea! This, from Amazon’s KDP Select Program FAQ… What does it mean to publish exclusively on Kindle? When you choose KDP Select for a book, you’re committing to make the digital format of that book available exclusively through KDP. During the period of exclusivity, [...]
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