Old Enough to Know Better

Happy Veteran's Day to the men and women who served in the armed forces. I usually don't agree with the policies of those who sent ...

So, come next year, The New York Times is going to add an electronic book bestseller list.   Hear that train a'comin' ... ?

Let's talk about ordinary discipline. Not the kind of thing where you get trapped by a boulder and saw off your own arm with a dull kni...

Well, here's one I didn't see coming: A how-to book for pedophiles. Apparently you can buy a copy on Amazon.com in the Kindle bookst...

There's a new site for ebook sales, FS&,  just out of the starting gate. Admin for the site is Dan Moran -- and yep, that's Da...

A short quiz: One, question, five answers. Read the query, then pick the answer that is closest to the first thing that pops into your m...

I came across this while I was looking for something else -- it's a short clip from what was a June, 2010, seminar.  The technique i...

Jelly Bryce and Bill Jordan Thinking about this one again, and while I don't have much new to bring to the subject, it's been awhi...

I know, I know, there are folks who say "lazy musician" is redundant, but there are some really hardworking ones out there; ala...

I dunno if you follow the news, but in Italy a while back, an American woman, Amanda Knox, and her boyfriend were indicted for the murder o...

My friend Dan Moran (a terrific writer, by the by) is going to be offering a new way to sell ebooks -- he's working it out even as we s...

There are many things that don't bear close examination without causing shock and awe. I won't get into the most disgusting ones I...

A kid looking for refugee status in Canada apparently boarded a flight in Hong Kong disguised as an old man, then shed the mask in the bath...

One of the keys to memory is conscious observation. As a writer, being able to remember things comes in handy -- as it does in many other p...

In a discussion about flying kicks, and thanks to the miracle of YouTube, I can put up one of my fond memories of this technique. It's f...

Somebody asked me how I record those songs I've inflicted on people on SoundClick. It's pretty easy. Here's how the current ...

Lying in bed last night reading after watching the late news, this one popped out. I jotted the lyrics down, and pretty much here they are ...

All right. Who did it? Which of my friends or family sent me a gift subscription to Maxim ? Not that I don't appreciate a good set of h...

Mark Kilbane, the producer, actor, and screenwriter -- a triple-threat guy -- has finished the first draft of the script for The Man Who Ne...