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  • Sabbatical w/Geese

    Driving on Dillon Road yesterday I saw a hundred or more geese gabbling and pecking in a field just beyond the ditch, earthbound, hungry creatures. But against a clear sky one wild goose flew alone, against that empty background its aerodynamic shape elegant, every wing beat graceful, forceful and free. I have no idea why…

  • Social media hiatus

    Having spent the past few days laid low by a simple but vicious head cold, I am still tired, so I’m putting myself on limited duty until after Christmas–no blog, no Face Book, Twitter, etc. Friends and family can still reach me by email, but the larger world will spin on its way without my…

  • See Smashwords Interview

    Rather than blather on, I’ll point you to this link for my thoughts this weekend. Smashwords Profile

  • In a Common Place

    As if I don’t have enough projects on my list, I’ve added another. This one is open ended and self assigned. I’m creating a commonplace book. Originally commonplace books were repositories for ideas, quotes, information unique to the collector of said info. My version is different. I’m gleaning material from the bulky journals stored in…

  • Be, Do, Have

    Recently I heard those title words at a Colorado Independent Publishers Association meeting (CIPA, pronounced see pa, accent on see)  from a marketing specialist, Erik Hofstetter, CEO of Creative Visions, Denver CO. Among other marketing concerns he talked about knowing what a product–a book— should be, should do, should have in order to satisfy the…