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Category Archives: Rambles
Free Ebook: The Last Days of Vegas
From the author of The Hungarian Game comes The Last Days of Las Vegas, a free ebook download. I’ll let Roy Hayes introduce his novel: Many years ago I wrote a rather sardonic espionage thriller, The Hungarian Game, that became a minor best-seller. Somewhere around 500,000 copies were peddled in a number of languages worldwide,…
Vanity Fair Displaying Pirated Content?
[February 14, 2010: It appears that the video has now been removed from the Vanity Fair article. Too bad they didn't have a clear enough ethical policy to avoid the issue in the first place.] I’ve been swamped this week so I haven’t had a chance to do any blog posts, but I came across…
Hart Hanson’s keynote speech at The Future of Story conference
#futureofstory Couldn’t be there? A few of my favourite bits & bobs from Hanson’s speech.
The Last Surgeon Autographed Book Giveaway!
Michael Palmer is willing to send a book anywhere in the world!
Amazon Throws a Hissy Fit and Realizes No One Cares
Amazon could one day be obsolete and Bezos knows it–so he came up with the Kindle to lock people into buying ebooks from a middleman.
Free Ebook: War of the Worlds
Limited-time freebie with illustrations and original radio dramatization.
Enhance This, Publishers
Don’t add crap to my ebooks, call it gold, and expect me to pay more.
Free: iPhone/iPod Touch apps
A new, free iPhone/iPod Touch application every day. Find out where!
10 Things You Should Know Before Auditioning for American Idol
#10. Video games don’t accurately measure real world skills. This should not need to be said. #9. Friends and family tell you you’re great. They live with you. Make the connection. #8. Unvarnished criticism sucks to hear. Poor delivery does not mean poor content. #7. Personality and skill are not the same thing. One without…
