Two pieces I feel are worth passing along.First, the inestimable John Cleese:https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/DMpdPrm6Ul4&source=udsSecond, this from screenwriter Shonda Rhimes via Zen Pencils (follow link for full size):
The Digital Gold Rush
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series NineHey, remember the California Gold Rush?Hundreds of thousands of people relocated to Califorinia between 1848 and 1855 from all over the world. Many came seeking gold, finding billions of today's dollars' worth within the first five years. Many others came and set up shops, selling supplies and services to …
Her Unwelcome Inheritance Audio Book
Her Unwelcome Inheritance (Fayborn, #1) is now available in audio book format! The production features lovely reading by Summer Jasmine Brown and is just under 6.5 hours long. It is available for $17 from iTunes and Amazon, or FREE with an Audible.com trial membership. Here are the links: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LU1NLJU/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/her-unwelcome-inheritance/id899281168 Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/B00LSW52I4 A limited number of complimentary …
Ordinary
by Sørina Higginsmy overcoat is a pelicanmy umbrella is a storkthe flowers I plant havegrown down into the soiltheir roots are enjoying the sunand everything I have to saypours back inside my lungs.my garden is a laundry binmy kitchen a game of chessthe dishes I feed you weregleaned from a railroada transcontinental surpriseand every last …
A Hasty Hypothesis of Curacy
(In 7 Tweets)1/7 Ideas are humanity's only true wealth.2/7 When constrained by language or locality, Ideas give rise ecosystematically to Culture.3/7 Globalization forces Ideas and Cultures to compete for survival...4/7 ...resulting in both “invasive exotic” and “endangered native” ideas just like we see with plants and animals.5/7 Globalization therefore reduces cultural diversity, promotes homogenized thought, …
All Exposure is Good Exposure
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series EightWootton's First Principle of Digital Self-Publishing – First Build Reputation, Then Earn Revenue – has some corollaries. There are all kinds of ways to build reputation, after all, and all kinds of reputation you could have. When it comes to author reputation, these concepts help us understand what is and is not worth …
J. ALEKSANDR WOOTTON 