Hawaii Day 1
After our PAX trip to Seattle, Hannah and I flew to Hawaii for our honeymoon/vacation. When we landed we picked up our rental car, got some groceries, checked into our apartment, and then went straight to the beach. For those of you…
PAX Prime 2011
August 26th through the 28th Hannah, Lyle, and myself where at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle. We all had a really great time and are already talking about going again next year. Some of the highlights of our trip…
Why Write An eBook?
Why write an ebook? Why not? We live in a wonderful time where we as individuals can self publish our own work and make money at it. It's never been easier or more cost affective to take something you have created and…
License Plate Punch
My wife and I play this little game whenever we go out called the 'License Plate Punch' game. I am sure this game goes by other names through out the verse, but this is what we call it here. I…
Simon & Schuster, John Locke, and eBooks
Simon & Schuster just signed a deal with John Locke, the first self published author to ever sell a million eBooks. I have been reading more and more about self published authors who are being signed to publishing houses. What…
Avoiding Idea Plateaus
I found a great little post titled 'Scott Belsky on How to Avoid Idea Plateaus' hosted over at BrainPickings.org. In the post and video on the Brain Pickings website Scott talks about strategies to keep a person, or a team, from running…
My First Book Reviews
My first book reviews are coming in. Slowly, but surely I am starting to hear back from people who have read 'All That Matters'. It is really exciting hearing from people who don't know me in real life and finding…
Updates and the iBookstore
This has been an unusually busy work week for me. It is a real wonder that I can even find time to blog right now. I have had to create several "plans of corrections" this week for the state of Alaska who…