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Solving Poor Internet Access for Rural Areas

 Like many folks who live in the middle of nowhere, I was stuck with limited options for broadband Internet access. In this case, “limited” meant none at all based on the FTC’s definition of 25Mbps. I could go with satellite access, which was expensive, exceptionally buggy, and has customer service ratings that rival Comcast in […]

Review: Fullmetal Alchemist (Live-Action Movie)

 Fullmetal Alchemist, the Netflix flick. Quick reaction and some minorish spoilerish items ahoy:   Nowhere near as good as the original or Brotherhood, but that’s to be expected when squishing an anime from 50+ episodes down to a ~2hr movie. Folks who are not familiar with the anime will probably think it’s fine, but there’s […]

Review: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

 Title: The Martian Chronicles Author: Ray Bradbury Genre: Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: April 17, 2012 Pages: 256 The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth. I encountered There Will Come Soft Rains when I was a little kid. I […]

Bad Amazon Ads

 Attention authors, particularly indie authors who are doing their own marketing: If you are not treating your advertising with at least the same respect as your book, you’re throwing away your money. In fact, you may be damaging your career. On my Kindle Touch is an advertisement for a book that almost screams “do not […]

Free Goodies from Creative Market

If you happen to be working on or planning out your author website or blog, this will be a handy post to read. For clarity, I am not an affiliate of the below site and I do not get anything if you decide to get any of the below goodies from Creative Market. Author Website […]

Marketing List Part 2 – Free Distribution + Reviews

Marketing List Part 2 – Free Distribution + Reviews Site/Group Name: Awesomegang URL: http://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/ Cost: Free Paid Option: Yes, $10 Min. Reviews: No Min. Rating: No Site/Group Reg: No Notes: A $10 paid upgrade guarantees home page for two days, inclusion in newsletters, and social media mentions. Prefers long descriptions. Review: Simple, easy website with […]

Marketing List Part 1 – Free Distribution

FFG-51 USS Gary I decided to start posting about some of the free or low-cost marketing opportunities that I am familiar with. This is Marketing List Part 1, where I expect to have around 25 posts on the series by the time I am done. Each post will have 5-10 sites. I am actually going to each site […]

Critters Reviewing Critters

Getting your work read is always a tough gig. You can promote and spam to your heart’s content … and when the first review comes in, it’s a two-star because of glaring errors in your story, lots of passive writing, and you even change point of view halfway through the tale. Wouldn’t it be nice […]

Book Review: Chunky Monkey Pupu

 Title: Chunky Monkey Pupu Author: Sam Knight Genre: Children's Publisher: Knight Writing Press Release Date: December 2, 2013 Format: Print Pages: 40 Source: Purchased Two stories in one! Chunky Monkey Pupu thinks he is just like you, but is he really? He also thinks he looks just like you. What do you think?   Chunky […]

Book Review: Million Dollar Productivity

 Title: Million Dollar Productivity Series: Million Dollar Writing Series Author: Kevin J. Anderson Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: WordFire Press Release Date: August 14, 2014 Format: Print & Ebook Pages: 87 Source: Purchased Life is crazy and hectic for most of us. We’re surrounded with personal and family obligations, jobs, fitness programs, virtual mountains of email, not […]