Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Subsim Review: Navy Field 2
Many thanks to the staff at the web's #1 submarine simulation site, Subsim, for carrying my review of the Navyfield 2 game.
Friday, July 3, 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Tacking
Sixteen years ago today, I commenced racing in a catamaran series that would eventually produce the fifth of my seven championships. I won the fifth championships with a perfect score, in part, because nobody could "go to windward" better than I.
Writers, like sailors, are often called upon to make decisions similar to those encountered in sailing. What's the best path to the next mark? What is the preferred tack? And most importantly, how to cover the immediate threat. Tacking, is about making decisions, and at times, the realization you have to go in the unfavorable direction, to come back on the preferred path.
As an author, protecting your unpublished work prior to getting to the printing press, may require a different tack.
Head to wind, loosening the sheets, pointing the boat through the eye of the wind and letting the sails fill on the "other side". Tacking.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Outback Steakhouse Embarassed by Australia Day Promotion
Outback Steakhouse embarrasses itself by flying the incorrect national flag of Australia.
After tweeting to +Outback Steakhouse on Twitter, it appears that I was blocked, and the flag was changed sometime on January 26. By then, most Australians in the United States were already outraged.
There has been no response from the company.
After tweeting to +Outback Steakhouse on Twitter, it appears that I was blocked, and the flag was changed sometime on January 26. By then, most Australians in the United States were already outraged.
There has been no response from the company.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
For The First Fans
Christmas In Canada has been released and the tour is about to start. On this tour I'll be accompanied by my father, visiting from Australia. The irony of an Australian living in Southern California doing a tour about Christmas in Canada has not been lost
Book tours are made for a variety of reasons, and in this instance, the book tour is not about my name on the cover, it's about the promotion of the title. 34 authors will meet to take part at the book signing in Toronto on November 4th, I will be one of a few traveling internationally. So why go?
For the first fans.
There are fans of "my" writing all over the world, those people who know of, or who found my writing and identified with it. There's my friends who are cheering me on. There's my daughters, some who walk around showing off the book, others who may one day get asked "did your Dad write this?" There's the distant contacts, the ones who know me through someone else. But the ones that I am endeared to the most are those who I should have treated better, and who still cheer for me.
They are the first fans. Thank you, for your belief.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Christmas in Canada Released
Chicken Soup for the Soul's latest release Christmas in Canada.
The irony of an Australian living in Southern California writing about Christmas in Canada has not been lost.
Tour dates as follows:
Salt Lake City, Utah: October 25 (to be confirmed)
Santee, California: October 27 (to be confirmed)
Toronto, Canada: November 2.
The irony of an Australian living in Southern California writing about Christmas in Canada has not been lost.
Tour dates as follows:
Salt Lake City, Utah: October 25 (to be confirmed)
Santee, California: October 27 (to be confirmed)
Toronto, Canada: November 2.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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