Monthly Archives: November 2011

Author Interview: Jennifer Hudock

There’s a pretty amazing restaurant just down the road from the British Embassy in Addis Ababa. The chef there makes an uncanny kind of curry (I don’t recall what the Amharic word is for their equivalent of curry), heavily flavored … Continue reading

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Writing Books vs Producing Films

If all goes as planned (famous last words; see Battle of Waterloo, Tower of Babel, etc), I’m going to start working on an indie film. Currently, I have no free time and would prefer to sleep about an hour more … Continue reading

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Influence: Guest Post by Ty Johnston

Fantasy author Ty Johnston approached me recently about guest posting on my site for his November blog tour. I assented, as Ty is not on the FBI’s Ten-Most-Wanted-List, and I’m pretty sure that, if he’d been there, he would’ve jumped … Continue reading

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The reassuring reliability of certain things…

While driving down the road to the farm I work on, I passed the neighboring ranch and saw a not so unusual sight. Due to the recent rains, several dozen teenage boys had decided to go four-wheeling with their trucks … Continue reading

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Pete Townshend, Jay-Z and Blueberry Yogurt

When Pete Townshend of The Who remarked that he considered the Apple corporation similar to a vampire, my ears perked up. I thought he was going to make some sort of socially poignant statement about culture. However, it turns out … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Idols

I read an article in the news today about an actress named Naomi Watts campaigning to de-commission nuclear weapons and use the money saved for public education. Politics aside, the article made me think about the kinds of people we … Continue reading

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