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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Columbine" now available

In 2005, I got a lot of anger and frustration out of my system by writing the first draft of a novel. Six years, nine rewrites and polishes, dozens of "we like it but... uh... no" rejections, and one annoying hack of a literary agent later, that story is now available. Seeking revenge against a...

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We are Democrats. We do not simply jump on the latest bandwagon to pass by. We pick up a lonely banner simply because no one else will. We do not turn away from a fight, even one that we know we will lose.   We are not silent, because we know that we speak for those who have no voice. We do not rest, because we carry the burden of those too tired to keep fighting. We do not do …

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Image by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos There’s a new meme going around that the fastest game of Monopoly would involve buying Park Place and Boardwalk and bankrupting your opponent in four turns. There is at least one major problem with their methodology. Their game plot would involve not purchasing a number of properties. This is a big no-no under the actual rules. In a real game of Monopoly every property must be sold after it has been landed upon the first time. If …

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Meet girl’s name. She lives in big town but finds herself in obscure location because reason for being in the middle of nowhere. There she meets boy’s name. After he ridiculous action, they fall in love. There’s only one problem. He’s adjective, and she’s adjective. Despite this obstacle, they carry on their romance until she stupid action, separating them. He refuses to let the romance die, however, and stupid quasi-romantic action. She finds out about this and is touched, but …

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Why we keep having school shootings.

Another week, another school shooting. And once again it’s the same refrain that we’re all too tone deaf to hear. According to Daniel Politi in Slate: Officials in the small Kern County community, around 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles, are investigating reports that the boy had a hit list of students he felt had bullied him that he had compiled last year, reports the Bakersfield Californian. “He had intended targets. There’s no question,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said. …

 

The unions didn’t kill the Twinkie.

Before you go blaming the union for Hostess’ demise, look at the facts. In 1995 a company called International Bakeries, which was essentially a vulture capital arm of a computer company called Data Processing Financial and General Corporation, went on a massive spending spree. They not only bought Hostess but the San Francisco French Bread Company, John J. Nissen Baking Company, Drake’s, My Bread Company, and tons of other companies. They did this by borrowing like batshit crazy and eventually …

 

Damn the Word Processor, Full Speed Ahead.

I have a delivery date for my next novel, Brothers in Arms. My editor, Rae, wants to see a four page synopsis with all major plot points by October 17. Rae does not understand how I write. I cannot write a synopsis to save my life. Especially for a story that is still developing. You see, I know the beginning (actually, I’ve written the beginning), I know the end, and I know a few points inbetween. But my characters don’t …

 

Baltimore Comic-con!

With my car once again able to both move and stop (which kept me away from what would have been my first appearance in Louisville back in June) I am happy to announce that I will, in fact, be able to attend Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend! I will be at table A112 in Artists’ Alley, which is located near the Charles Street lobby of the Convention Center. Here is a handy map to track me down: I will have a …

 

Homeowner’s Association takes an eye for an eye.

We live in a neighborhood which a group of developers, for one reason or another, decided to name “Spring Hollow” here in Vineland, NJ. And they are the reason I am now blind in one eye. As most of you may know we’ve had extreme financial difficulties lately, which has resulted in our being in arrears to our Homeowner’s Association, which levies a monthly fee to fund the sending of nastygrams to people whose landscaping they don’t like and… well, …

 

Fixing the “Back My Book” theme when WordPress 3.4 breaks it.

I love WordPress. It makes life so much easier. And they update it regularly for security patches and to fix bugs. Unfortunately, from time to time they break a lot of shit, too. I “upgraded” my blog to WordPress 3.4 a while back and started getting this handy little message whenever I tried to get to my dashboard: Cannot redeclare class Custom_Image_Header in /wp-admin/custom-header.php on line 16 Nifty, huh? And because it broke my dashboard I couldn’t do anything about …

 

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