WHAT’S ON T.V.

WHAT’S ON T.V.  ?
I just got a letter from my cable television provider. The bad news is that they have decided to raise the price of monthly service by $20. The good news (at least as far as they are concerned) is that they are “giving” me, 20 more “free” channels. The letter goes on [...]

PUBLISING-NEW TRENDS

PUBLISHING- NEW TRENDS
In any industry there is a strong tendency to stick with “what has worked in the past”.  Publishing is no exception to this rule. There is a great deal of cost, risk, and effort in bringing a new book, record, or video to market. Publishers and literary agents are often difficult to contact [...]

FOR THE LOVE OF IT

FOR THE LOVE OF IT
I’ve heard a lot of people say that creative people are born with a talent, and that may be true. It’s been my experience that creative people do what they do because they have a passion for it. They actual love what they are doing.
Of course many of us are [...]

WRITER’S INTERVIEW

WRITER’S INTERVIEW
Dear Potential Employer:
I would like the opportunity to introduce myself and my work. I have been writing seriously for 3 years now, and would like to pursue a career as an author. I realize that you get inundated with requests from many potential new writers. I’m sure you receive hundreds of manuscripts, and unsolicited [...]

ROBOT

ROBOT
I guess robots have come a long way in the last couple of years. Maybe I was ahead of my time but I can remember trying to build a robot with my erector set when I was a kid. I had visions of my robot fetching my drinks and carrying out my trash. Of course [...]

SELF PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK

GETTING PUBLISHED THE HARD WAY
It’s the American dream to start your own business or publish your own book. The truth is that not everyone will get that opportunity, but we should all reach for it. Too many great ideas for new businesses and books die on the back of cocktail napkin or notepad. Sure there [...]

MID-LIFE CRISIS

MID-LIFE CRISIS
I’m not really sure if you can find the term “Mid-life Crisis” in any medical or psychology text books, but I pretty sure it a real disease. The whole crisis thing seems to be more prevalent in men than in women, or at least they hide it better (they have their own problems to [...]

WHAT’S ON THE MENU

WHAT’S ON THE MENU
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m a big eater; or at least I used to be. Like most guys, I like to sit down to a hardy meal after a long day at work. When I cook at the house, I rarely skimp on the ingredients; in fact I usually double up on [...]

JOHNNY AND BILL

JOHNNY AND BILL
I love fairytales….Don’t you?
Once upon a time in a land far away, there were two brothers; let’s call them: Johnny and Bill. (Names changed, and Americanized; to protect the guilty) Even though these guys didn’t grow up together, they were fraternal twins. Johnny grew up in the Middle East and Bill had [...]

GOOD SPORT

GOOD SPORT
I’m not really sure when sports as we know them actually came in being. My guess is that early sports were based on exhibiting and honing everyday skills and abilities. (We are talking back when Javelin throwing was a team sport.. “one guy threw, and the other caught”).If we look back as far as [...]