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The Innocent Little Stalker
Google is eerie sometimes. A search begins with parrots and micro-chipping, and somehow ends with stalking behavior. It's as if the internet is saying, "You need to see this." Or maybe it's my subconscious. Anyway, I came across this excerpt from a little known book by a group of psychologist.
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Third Party Sellers on Amazon & Oh Those Crazy Prices
Imagine you wrote a book or drew a comic. You decided to print it yourself or perhaps you went with a really small press, the type that doesn't put much effort into marketing and advertising. Basically, for the most part, it's all up to you. Your book is thankfully online via the usual channels: Smashwords, Amazon, KaBlam, Lulu, Comixology, etc. ( Read more... ) -
A Screenwriter's Dream
Watching a well done short for Tropfest Australia 2013 sparked a discussion about someone I knew who used to talk about being a screenwriter or producer. Through all the years I knew him, though, he didn't make any effort to get involved with the film community.
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Crowdfunding and Social Networking
Been watching a lot of crowd-funding come and go. Some fail by not reaching their goal while others seem to fail by being too successful. Regarding the former, I've been thinking about some mistakes I've observed. Granted, I'm no Kickstarter or IndieGoGo expert -- I'm more of a crowd-funding armchair quarterback -- and there are no hard and fast ( Read more... ) -
Writers Seeking Artists: What Not to Do
This"Writer Seeking Artist" ad is an example of so many examples of what not to do that I just had to share.
I have recently finished writing and am now scripting, what I consider, a very good BATMAN story, a new twist on the character. This story is long enough that it would be graphic novel in length, again, I put A LOT of time into it. This is ( Read more... ) -
How To Books: Are they trying to do it all?
This article, How not to draw manga: Some free advice, prompted a thoughtful discussion ( Read more... ) -
Happy 2013 people!
I had to put a few of the last posts under a filter to avoid upsetting a nutcase. Tired of being blamed for their problems du jour.When looking back on some social media feeds, I saw a lot of complaining, though not on my immediate friendslist. People who gripe too consistently usually don't remain on my feed for long. It's not that I don't think ( Read more... ) -
The Tobermory Cat Troll
Let me share a story of an online troll.
There is (was?) a cat in Tobermory. Several, actually, but one in particular who was known for his ballsy cat antics about town. The post from the bookshop owner in this thread makes it clear that the cat was known by the town for doing amusing things, and observed doing them by many--that his "celebrity," ( Read more... ) -
The Much Abused Punctuation Mark
After revisiting and pondering various wank and drama (fandom and political), I've come to a conclusion as to what is the most maliciously misused punctuation out there: the quotation mark.
When representing spoken language, as in a fictional story, it's fine and dandy, but a problem I've noticed arises when it's meant to represent quoted language ( Read more... )