What Are You Paying For?

by | Apr 17, 2013 | Books, Writing

This one is for the writers out there. If you’re not interested in the publishing end of things, feel free to skip on to more fun posts about dogs, cookies, etc. In my day job, I meet a lot of publicists, editors, authors, and assorted other industry...

Amazon, Anyone? Why I Use LibraryThing.

by | Apr 10, 2013 | Books

I am a big fan of Amazon as a retailer. I think they do a great job selling things and their customer service is excellent. I’m not a fan of them as a publisher; I find far too many basic errors in their books (things that shouldn’t survive an...

Gritting Your Teeth (A Post of Complaint)

by | Apr 3, 2013 | Stuff!

I can think of a lot of pleasurable things I would like to spend $1600 on, from techno toys to airline tickets. One thing I didn’t want to spend that money on was a root canal. But these are things you can only put off for so long, and apparently I reached the...

This Was My Weekend; How Was Yours?

by | Mar 24, 2013 | Dogs

This weekend, we took the dogs to Westerly, RI. Soon enough, we won’t be able to run them on the beach because once the season is underway, there are no dogs allowed. But for the moment, they greatly enjoy running up and down the sand, eating clam shells, and...