Fight Quest on the Discovery Channel is an amazing show. Two young American mixed martial artists travel from country to country, studying each region’s traditional martial arts style with its masters, and then fight an exhibition match in the style. Each episode is like a mini-documentary on a different martial art, highlighting its uniqueness and […]
Paperback Writer
I’ve been thinking a lot about Paperback Writer while I work on the line edits of my book. For those infants and philistines amongst you who don’t know, Paperback Writer was a song by the Beatles, a mop-topped bunch of British hippies who would probably be the world’s greatest rock & roll band if it […]
Friends, They Are Jewels
I had a helluva birthday this year. Well, actually, I didn’t do all that much on Friday, my actual birthday. Went to yoga class. Did a 2 mile walk. Worked a little on UK marketing for The Painted Man. Dani gave me a plastic Spider-man web shooter, and the cats chewed up all the webs. […]
Editing, Editing, Editing
There is a temporary hiatus on work on The Desert Spear these days, as I am once again editing The Painted Man. As I think I mentioned in my last post, I received line edits from both my US and UK editors on the same day, and of course, their edits are completely different. Somehow, […]
The Walk-Away
In negotiations, one of the most difficult things to do is the walk-away. When you tell the seller their price is too high, and you turn to go. Even if you REALLY want what they’re selling, you need to be prepared to turn your back on it and walk off, or you run the risk […]