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RIP, Napster (Again)
It’s been so long since Napster ceased to exist as a file-sharing platform, there are adults roaming the Earth that weren’t even alive when it shut down. Well, the brand was popular enough that someone bought it up and…
Games Are Supposed to be Fun, Not Piss You Off
There’s a good chance that you’ve gotten sucked in by an ad for what looks like a pretty fun game. They’re pretty hard to escape, especially if you’re on the Ex-Bird Site or Instagram. And all…
Was Substack Really That Good an Idea?
A wise name (i.e. Joe Pulizzi) once quipped to never build you content ship on rented land. As one of the foremost authorities of effectively creating and managing online content, he made this stateme…
I Don’t Have an Audience Anymore?
My last post, which was about two months ago, reflected on the 15 years that has passed since the release of my novel, Flagrant Foul.
Three people read that post.
I have long determined that whatever infl…
Has It Been 15 Years?
Around this time in 2008, right around when I thought it would be a good idea to jump on every social media platform that had cropped up at that point, I published Flagrant Foul. This, of course, was the updated versi…
Ohio Democrats Want Me to Run for Something…Really?
About a week and a half ago, I received a random text message from someone named Tara from the Ohio Democratic Party that said they were looking for people to run for local office in my t…
No Replies – The Beginning
I locked my Twitter account back in November, then in December, I sent one last post telling my followers that I was done tweeting, moved over to Mastodon, and that they would be better off unfollowing me.
Yet so…
That’ll Teach Me To Neglect My Site
We all get busy.
I mean, so busy that I haven’t written a post on this site in five years? Yes, that’s what it looks like.
In that time, I stopped writing about Cleveland State for Campus Pressbox, and, …
Writing Is Not Overvalued, No Matter What Corporate Media Says
The last decade has been pretty rough for journalists, with the slow, painful decline of a newspaper industry that never got the Internet and are paying the price. And if recen…
The Gray Summer Release Date – April 15, 2017
For anybody who has followed me on Twitter for any length of time, you probably saw me post at midnight on December 11, 2016 and at midnight on New Year’s Day. In case you missed it (or didn’t …
So The Gray Summer Is Written. Now What?
Some people take longer than others to finish writing their novels. For example, Flagrant Foul, from start to finish, took about three years to finish writing. Then it took another two years to be c…
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- Established account (13+ years old).
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