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The Brown Room

“It’s because of the paradox,” I explained.

I fidgeted a bit in the hard metal chair. Government-issue furniture didn’t seem comfortable no matter what country supplied them, or what century. Of course my comfort wasn’t important at all to the middle-aged German police officer listening to me and writing in his small brown notebook. Everything [...]

A Cottage Industry

Writing is local.

A Local Writer—L. Frank Baum

If you’re sitting at a desk, or in the coffee shop, or under the weeping willow tree, tapping on the keys and trying to make your artistic vision one with the blank, mocking page—you are a local. If you have handed your work to someone and [...]

Blogger Boot Camp

I’ve been doing a wee bit o’ blogging recently:

Horace Elisha Scudder

Book Review: Military Reporters Stylebook and Reference Guide Book Review: Hidden Wounds Kickstarter Roundup Game Review: Axis and Allies Naval Miniatures War at Sea

Of course, I’m going to do a few book reviews here as well, but these were especially for [...]

Funding a Creative Project through Kickstarter

by William V. Burns

Le Kickstarter

Le Kickstarter

Recently I have been working with a few people checking out Kickstarter – it’s a site that allows you to pitch your creative idea (after some necessary vetting) to the wide world and gives anyone who has a bit of money and an interest a vehicle [...]